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There had been lots of crises in my life. And there was plenty of spunk and battle cry still left in me.

Ethel Waters

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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
Left
Stills
Spunk
Still
Crises
Life
Lots
Plenty
Cry
Crisis
Battle

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