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The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks.

Lorna Luft

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Lorna Luft
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 21
Film Actor
Film Actress
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Santa Monica
California
Surrounding
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Sicker
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Garland
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