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I feel now like a hinge between generations, which is strange. It just happened recently. I think it's because my daughter is so much like me at her age. I feel like I'm reliving my own mother's experience of raising me.

Maggie Smith

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Maggie Smith
Age: 89
Born: 1934
Born: December 28
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