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Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything.

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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
Chef
Cook
Television Presenter
Writer
Pasadena
California
Julia Carolyn Child
Really
Never
Culinary
Discovered
Cooking
Interested
Anything

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