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Article: Legendary Actress Katharine Hepburn Recounts Her Extraordinary Life in 'KATE REMEMBERED,' by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author A. Scott Berg; Twenty Years of Intimate Conversations Form the Heart of This Remarkable Memoir.
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- June 30, 2003
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NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Katharine Hepburn: for seven decades she played a leading role in the popular culture of the twentieth century, reigning as an admired actress, a beloved movie star and a treasured icon of the modern American woman. She also remained one of the most private figures of her time.
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In 1983 -- at the age of seventy-five, her career cresting -- the four-time Academy Award winner opened her door to biographer A. Scott Berg -- then thirty-three -- and began a special friendship, one that endured to the end of her illustrious life.
From the start, Mr. Berg ...