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profile name: Don Cornelius
profile occupation: Television Personality, Television Producer
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profile name: Mary Shelley
profile occupation: Author
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profile name: Piet Mondrian
profile occupation: Painter
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profile name: Buster Keaton
profile occupation: Film Actor, Comedian
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profile name: Ed Koch
profile occupation: Mayor
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profile name: Hedda Hopper
profile occupation: Film Actress, Theater Actress
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