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I think no matter what the occasion may be, you can never go wrong by showing up at the dinner table with a hot plate of fried chicken.

Paula Deen

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Paula Deen
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 19
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Albany
Georgia
Paula Ann Hiers Deen
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