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There is this to be said about having money. You get rejected by a higher class of people.

Jean Kerr

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Jean Kerr
Age: 82 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 10
Died: 2005
Died: January 5
Author
Playwright
Writer
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Bridget Jean Collins
Rejected
Higher
Class
Money
People

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