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I guess the only way I could describe myself is someone that lives right in the present.

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
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Guess
Present
Lives
Someone
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