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Robert Redford ... has turned almost alarmingly blond-he's gone past platinum, he must be into plutonium his hair is coordinated with his teeth.

Pauline Kael

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Pauline Kael
Age: 82 †
Born: 1919
Born: June 19
Died: 2001
Died: September 3
Film Critic
Journalist
Writer
Petaluma
California
Robert
Teeth
Turned
Alarmingly
Hair
Redford
Almost
Plutonium
Gone
Coordinated
Past
Platinum
Must
Blond

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