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Singers can also get away with a lot based on youth, strength and enthusiasm, only to find ten years later that what was once just a niggling problem has brought their careers to an end.

Renee Fleming

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Renee Fleming
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 14
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
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