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Today I blame only certain agents for my long eclipse as a public entertainer.

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
Blame
Public
Certain
Today
Long
Entertainer
Eclipse
Entertainers
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