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ON THAT BOMBSHELL…

“I don’t wear panties any more — this startles the Hollywood wolves so much they don’t know what to pull at, so they leave me alone.”

As far as sentences that need unpacking go, it’s quite the doozy. As far as being in a position of bitterly earned authority goes, the speaker could hardly have better credentials.

At 91, Mamie Van Doren is the lone survivor of the ‘M’ triumvirate that once bathed Hollywood in its platinum glow. The others were Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe. Van Doren was among the first to claim ‘blonde

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