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Word: betelnut (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1968-1968
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Died. Juanita Hall, 66, "Bloody Mary" in the stage and screen versions of South Pacific; of diabetes; in Bay Shore, L.I. "Bloody Mary is the girl I love," sang the sailors, and for 1,694 Broadway performances, audiences loved her too, as the scheming, betelnut-chewing Tonkinese mama who belted out Happy Talk, and sang Bali Ha'i with such feeling that she nearly stole the show from Ezio Pinza and Mary Martin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 8, 1968 | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

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