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I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it nor kept anything without wishing I had given it away.

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Louise Brooks
Age: 78 †
Born: 1906
Born: November 14
Died: 1985
Died: August 8
Actor
Autobiographer
Dancer
Film Actor
Model
Cherryvale
Kansas
Mary Louise Brooks
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