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When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.

Lorna Luft

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Lorna Luft
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 21
Film Actor
Film Actress
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Santa Monica
California
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Public
Chance
Really
Never
Idol
Idols
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