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Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?

Fannie Flagg

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Fannie Flagg
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 21
Actress
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
Birmingham
Alabama
Patricia Neal
Politician
Lying
Family
Running
Doe
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