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Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take it off until you're thirty-four.

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Nora Ephron
Age: 71 †
Born: 1941
Born: May 19
Died: 2012
Died: June 26
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