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Theater used to be a verb it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place.
Martha Graham
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Martha Graham
Age: 96 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 11
Died: 1991
Died: April 1
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Ballet Dancer
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Martha Grehem
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