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I interviewed - no - had lunch with Harper Lee several years ago, trying to convince Harper Lee to do To Kill a Mockingbird for the book club. She wouldn't do it. She said, Honey, I said everything I wanted to say.

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Oprah Winfrey
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 29
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