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THE BACH VARIATION

he story of one Bach begins with another. Catherine Bach, the hot-pantsed eye candy in the smash American series , found herself at a swish party in London in the 1970s. At that point she was as big a sex symbol as all of the Charlie’s Angels combined (but minus Farrah) thanks to a pair of stratospheric pins, minuscule denim shorts, and a smile as broad as Venice Beach. She caught the eye of Barbara Broccoli, whose father, ‘Cubby’, produced the Bond films and was taking an increased role in the family

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