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* Hollywood lore has it that three-time Oscar winner Walter Brennan's career took off after he lost his teeth in a fight and found that without them he could play old men. |
* Hollywood lore has it that three-time Oscar winner Walter Brennan's career took off after he lost his teeth in a fight and found that without them he could play old men. |
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* Florence Thompson, the woman in this [[wikipedia:File:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg|famous photograph]] by Dorothea Lange was '''thirty-two''' when it was taken. It showed the devastating effects of [[The Great Depression]] more than words possibly could. |
* Florence Thompson, the woman in this [[wikipedia:File:Lange-MigrantMother02.jpg|famous photograph]] by Dorothea Lange was '''thirty-two''' when it was taken. It showed the devastating effects of [[The Great Depression]] more than words possibly could. |
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* [[wikipedia:File:Sharbat Gula.jpg|The famous picture of the Afghan girl]] from ''National Geographic'' has many people wondering if she's really a "girl". She was ''12 years old'' when the picture was taken, but because of the stress of being a refugee, she |
* [[wikipedia:File:Sharbat Gula.jpg|The famous picture of the Afghan girl]] from ''National Geographic'' has many people wondering if she's really a "girl". She was ''12 years old'' when the picture was taken, but because of the stress of being a refugee, she looked to be in her mid-20s. |
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** And when the photographer (Steve McCurry) met her again, [http://artisticthings.com/the-afghan-girls-escalation-say-hello-to-sharbat/ this] is how she looked at 35 years of age. |
** And when the photographer (Steve McCurry) met her again, [http://artisticthings.com/the-afghan-girls-escalation-say-hello-to-sharbat/ this] is how she looked at 35 years of age. |
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* In 1970, the much-older-looking [[wikipedia:Mary Ann Vecchio|Mary Ann Vecchio]] was, in fact, a 14-year-old runaway. Jon Filo's photograph of her crying over Jeffry Miller, who'd been killed in the Kent State shootings, won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1971. |
* In 1970, the much-older-looking [[wikipedia:Mary Ann Vecchio|Mary Ann Vecchio]] was, in fact, a 14-year-old runaway. Jon Filo's photograph of her crying over Jeffry Miller, who'd been killed in the Kent State shootings, won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1971. |
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* [[David Gregory]] of [[MSNBC]] appears to be in his early 50s, mostly because of his silvery hair and slightly aged face, but he's |
* [[David Gregory]] of [[MSNBC]] appears to be in his early 50s, mostly because of his silvery hair and slightly aged face, but he's {{age|1970|8|24}}. |
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* Nobody could tell how old Michael Jackson was in his later years, mainly because he [https://web.archive.org/web/20120317210716/http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/10/23-End/michael-jackson-neverland.jpg barely looked human.] When he was young, however (Thriller and before), he looked a bit old for his age, particularly when he was a kid, looking to be around 11 or 12 when he was just 8 or 9. |
* Nobody could tell how old Michael Jackson was in his later years, mainly because he [https://web.archive.org/web/20120317210716/http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/10/23-End/michael-jackson-neverland.jpg barely looked human.] When he was young, however (Thriller and before), he looked a bit old for his age, particularly when he was a kid, looking to be around 11 or 12 when he was just 8 or 9. |
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** Oh, and [http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1561/31776140.jpg look at this photo.] Take a good look at it. He was ''not yet twenty.'' |
** Oh, and [http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1561/31776140.jpg look at this photo.] Take a good look at it. He was ''not yet twenty.'' |