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I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'

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Marianne Faithfull
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 29
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Hampstead Village
Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull
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Sociologist
Sociologists
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