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In reply to the discussion: Post a true but little-known fact about someone famous, living or dead -- Part 12 [View all]Mister Ed
(5,924 posts)6. Deborah Harry also worked as a waitress at Max's Kansas City...
...where she served the Jefferson Airplane their supper the night before they played at Woodstock.
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