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The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

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Lauren Bacall
Age: 89 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 16
Died: 2014
Died: August 12
Film Actor
Film Actress
Model
Singer
Spokesperson
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
The Bronx
New York City
Betty Joan Perske
Betty Perske
Love
Second
Success
Happens
Anything
Firsts
First
Never
Time

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