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We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.

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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
Chef
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Television Presenter
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Pasadena
California
Julia Carolyn Child
Immediately
Especially
Bigs
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Kind
Life
Swallow

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