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I doubt there's ever been a true thing said on Fox. Maybe the weather report, maybe not.

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
Author
Humorist
Journalist
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Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
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