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I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
Katharine Hepburn
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Katharine Hepburn
Age: 96 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 12
Died: 2003
Died: June 29
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn
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