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If you had told me when I was 18 that I wouldn't have made it until I was 29, I would have said, Forget it.

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Helen Reddy
Age: 78 †
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Died: 2020
Died: September 29
Actor
Composer
Feminist
Film Actor
Film Score Composer
Singer
Songwriter
Television Actor
Melbourne
Australia
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