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I was anorexic in the 60s and 70s, although it wasn't called anorexia then. I thought people would be nicer to me if I looked very small and delicate, so food wasn't high on my agenda. But it is now.

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Marianne Faithfull
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 29
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Hampstead Village
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