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These are the beautiful people, who, befitting their rank as gods and goddesses of a powerful modern mythology, lead beautiful lives in beautiful houses, attired in beautiful clothes and, ostensibly, thinking only beautiful thoughts.

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Helen Lawrenson
Age: 74 †
Born: 1907
Born: October 1
Died: 1982
Died: January 1
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