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Selfishness and self-absorption are deadly charm-exterminators.

Loretta Young

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Loretta Young
Age: 87 †
Born: 1913
Born: January 6
Died: 2000
Died: August 12
Actress
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gretchen Young
Self
Absorption
Deadly
Selfishness
Charm

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