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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
Katharine Hepburn
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Katharine Hepburn
Age: 96 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 12
Died: 2003
Died: June 29
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Hartford
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Katharine Houghton Hepburn
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People have grown fond of me, like some old building.
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