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The trouble with me is that I'm an outsider. And that's a very hard thing to be in American life.
Jackie Kennedy
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Jackie Kennedy
Age: 64 †
Born: 1929
Born: July 28
Died: 1994
Died: May 19
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Town of Southampton
Jacqueline Kennedy
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