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When my daughter was a senior in high school, I remember noticing, almost in passing, that her friends were very cute. Which made me realize her friends' fathers probably found Molly very cute.

Gene Weingarten

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Gene Weingarten
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 2
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