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Bo Derek turned down the role of Helen Keller because she couldn't remember the lines.

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Joan Rivers
Age: 81 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 8
Died: 2014
Died: September 4
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Journalist
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Personality
Brooklyn
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Joan Alexandra Molinsky
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A Mafia guy in Vegas gave me this advice: Run your own race, put on your blinders.
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Better laid than never.
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My sex life has gone from bad to pathetic. My G spot stands for godforsaken.
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There is nothing funny about aging: It is rotten and depressing. Anyone who tells you otherwise just hasn't been paying attention.
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I was dating a transvestite, and my mother said, Marry him, you'll double your wardrobe.
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Age - it's the one mountain you can't overcome.
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They almost had to cancel the Oscars tonight because all of the designers and stylists are still in line in San Francisco trying to marry one another.
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I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it.
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Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'.
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