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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.

Marilyn vos Savant

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Marilyn vos Savant
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: August 11
Columnist
Journalist
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Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Ballroom
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Latin
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