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So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for each year. I don't want no diamonds, I don't want no shoes, I don't want no party. I want some crabs.
Patti LaBelle
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Patti LaBelle
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 24
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Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards
Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards
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