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My father came back one day and forced my mother to submit to him. He raped her, holding a knife.

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Ethel Waters
Age: 80 †
Born: 1896
Born: October 31
Died: 1977
Died: September 1
Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Singer
Stage Actor
Vocalist
Chester
Pennsylvania
Holding
Came
Father
Raped
Mother
Knife
Back
Knives
Submit
Forced

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