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I have suffered two grave accidents in my life, one in which a streetcar knocked me down... The other accident is Diego.
Frida Kahlo
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Frida Kahlo
Age: 47 †
Born: 1907
Born: July 6
Died: 1954
Died: July 13
Biographer
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Mexico City
Mexico
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