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The important thing is to bring people with Parkinson's into our world and for the public to have a real understanding of it, as they've beginning to have with autism.

Helen Mirren

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Helen Mirren
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 26
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Hammersmith
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Dame Helen Lydia Mirren
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