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I never believed marriage was a lasting institution . . . I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.

Lauren Bacall

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Lauren Bacall
Age: 89 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 16
Died: 2014
Died: August 12
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Betty Joan Perske
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