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Famous quotes by Ludovic Kennedy:
"The ballet was the thing to which she was really committed - the film industry was a bit of a distraction."
"She was full of spirit and also she was very beautiful. She moved wonderfully gracefully, as you would expect of a ballet dancer."
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Latest News for: ludovic kennedy
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The Daily Mail
20 May 2023
Not that she knew it when he was alive, but her father was Edinburgh-born Lord Bob Boothby – plummy-voiced politician, TV personality , bon viveur and, in the estimation of his second cousin the late Sir Ludovic Kennedy , 'a sh*t of the highest order'.
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BBC News
27 Aug 2022
They were now trying to get home to the UK ... When Kalim returned, he explained what they had spoken about ... "You feel proud of it?" asked journalist Ludovic Kennedy in 1992, during an interview for BBC Radio 4 's Beyond Belief series ... .
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