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profile name: Mum Bett
profile occupation: Civil Rights Activist
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profile name: Jerry Orbach
profile occupation: Actor
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profile name: Clayton Moore
profile occupation: Film Actor, Television Actor
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profile name: Maurice Ravel
profile occupation: Songwriter
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profile name: Frédéric Bazille
profile occupation: Painter
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profile name: Susan Sontag
profile occupation: Scholar, Women's Rights Activist, Anti-War Activist, Academic Author, Journalist
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