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Lana Turner was a magnet for tragedy—but when she dated a gangster, she turned her dark history on its head.

Lana Turner was a magnet for tragedy—but when she dated a gangster, she turned her dark history on its head.

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Lana Turner was a magnet for tragedy—but when she dated a gangster, she turned her dark history on its head.

Lana Turner was a magnet for tragedy—but when she dated a gangster, she turned her dark history on its head.

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Why Jean Stapleton never expected Edith Bunker to become so famous

Handsome Singers Every Baby Boomer Woman Fell In Love With—But Most Millennial Women Don't Even Know Who They Are

One-Hit Wonders That Everyone In The 1970s Had To Hear—But Almost No One Would Recognize Today

Kirsty MacColl sang one of the world's most beloved Christmas songs—but it was her heroic final moments that still bring people to tears.

Actors Whose Careers Changed Completely After One Casting Decision

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