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I'm always amazed when young women who are having babies want their husbands to watch the babies come out. I would never allow anything like that.

Jeanne Moreau

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Jeanne Moreau
Age: 89 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 23
Died: 2017
Died: July 31
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