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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Dec 24, 2021, 08:17 AM Dec 2021

Film actress Ava Gardner was #BornOnThisDay, Dec. 24, 1922.

Film actress Ava Gardner was #BornOnThisDay, Dec. 24, 1922. A lifetime smoker, suffering from #emphysema, 2 strokes (in 1986), partially paralyzed & bedridden, her last words were "I'm so tired"; before passing in 1990 from #pneumonia (age 67) #RIP #GoneTooSoon #Quitsmoking #BOTD





One Touch of Venus (1948) clip - Ava Gardner's Venus statue comes to life!
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When a store's window dresser, Eddie (Robert Walker), kisses a statue of Venus--it comes to life...in the form of Ava Gardner. Lucky Eddie! This 1948 musical romance features songs by the great Kurt
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Film actress Ava Gardner was #BornOnThisDay, Dec. 24, 1922. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 OP
Beautiful woman. Aristus Dec 2021 #1

Aristus

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1. Beautiful woman.
Fri Dec 24, 2021, 09:21 AM
Dec 2021

But no matter how beautiful, when I hear that she was a smoker, all I can think is: she must have smelled terrible.

Mrs. Aristus is a lifelong non-smoker, thank God.

67. That’s young by today’s standards. If she hadn’t smoked, she might still be alive to celebrate her ninety-ninth birthday today.

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