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  "textContent": "Jane Lapotaire, the British stage actor whose only Broadway performance — in the title role of Pam Gems’ Edith Piaf musical Piaf — won her a 1981 Tony Award, died March 5, in the UK. She was 81. Her death was reported today by The Guardian. A cause was not disclosed. A veteran of the […]",
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