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When I was a child, fear was common to my life - fear of having nothing to eat, fear of the other children taunting me at school because I was illegitimate, and particularly fear of the big bombers appearing overhead and dropping their lethal bursts from the sky.

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Sophia Loren
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: September 20
Actor
Actress
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Beauty Pageant Contestant
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The Eternal City
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