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I have never met a man more shy than Clark Gable. He was so shy, you couldn't make him talk.

Oriana Fallaci

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Oriana Fallaci
Age: 77 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 29
Died: 2006
Died: September 15
Conspiracy Theorist
Journalist
Politician
War Correspondent
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Florence
Tuscany
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