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You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me.

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Vivien Leigh
Age: 53 †
Born: 1913
Born: November 5
Died: 1967
Died: July 8
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Vivian Mary Hartley
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I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.
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My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love.
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