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Women are the centre of the family. It's the woman who decides what's eaten in the house, when to have the kids vaccinated everything that has to do with the children's health revolves around her.

Melinda Gates

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Melinda Gates
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 15
Businessperson
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Organizational Founder
Patron Of The Arts
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Dallas
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Melinda Ann French
Melinda French Gates
Melinda Ann Gates
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