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Rosie get off your desk, and please put your beard away.

Louise Rennison

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Louise Rennison
Age: 64 †
Born: 1951
Born: November 11
Died: 2016
Died: February 29
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Journalist
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Desk
Desks
Please
Away
Rosie

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