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I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.

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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
Actor
Film Actor
Model
Recording Artist
Singer
Songwriter
Black
Afro
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