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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Off topic Thursday


Tomorrow marks the 104th birthday of the unstoppable Doris Eaton-Travis, last surviving star of the legendary Ziegfeld Follies and family performers The Seven Little Eatons.

She’s also been an author, columnist, dance instructor, rancher and horse breeder, dance studio entrepreneur, actress in silent films and early talkies and she toured the U.S. with Babe Ruth in the 1920s. She got her GED at the age of 76 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from at the University of Oklahoma at 88. In January of this year, she was the grand marshal for Miami’s Art Deco parade.

"I lived a very normal life," said the centenarian, who never smoked or drank alcohol. "I have no secret."
She’s still dances to this day and, every year, goes to New York to appear at the Broadway Cares AIDS charity benefits.

Here she is going strong in 2006 at the age of 102.

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