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If you are going to be catty, you have to be careful with whom you do it, and in what manner! It's the kind of behavior that is best kept behind closed doors.

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Tim Gunn
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 29
Consultant
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Washington
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Timothy MacKenzie Gunn
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