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It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous.
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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