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A lot of people saw Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland as persecuted and tragic and vulnerable, and I think a lot of gay men feel that way because of their particular predicament in society and not being accepted completely.

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Madonna Ciccone
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 16
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