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The emotions of men, however, were of a different order. They were pesky annoyances, small dust devils at her feet. Her knack for causing heartbreak was innate, but her vitality often made people forgive her romantic misdeeds.

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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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Waco
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