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This 71-year-old actress defied the odds after a brain hemorrhage by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Performing Shakespeare would be a feat for any 71-year-old. For Jane Lapotaire, it's a miracle. In 2000, while teaching in Paris, the English actress collapsed onstage in front of her students. "Next thing I knew, I was staring into this bowl of red stuff," she says. "I was [throwing] up blood from my brain." She'd...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:10AM on April 5, 2016

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