FAKE NEWS!!! T-M-Z PUT ON BLAST FOR PUTTING OUT A FALSE REPORT ABOUT MAYA ANGELOU BEING HOSPITALIZED!!!


 









October 04, 2009. MediaTakeOut.com just learned that the folks over at T-M-Z may have jumped the gun when they reported that poet Maya Angelou was hospitalized.

Yesterday evening, TMZ posted a report that the legendary author and poet was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital.

But according to a report today on CNN, "Contrary to TMZ report, Maya Angelou is fine, at home, & wasn't even in LA Sat nite, said her literary agent Helen Brann."

For the record - MediaTakeOut.com received the same report that Maya was hospitalized. We made the EDITORIAL DECISION to hold off on reporting it when we were UNABLE to confirm the report.

Ain't that something ... our fact check policies are more stringent than TMZ's ...

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COMMENTS:

    BBWsweethart
    smh
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    Smile!!

    dominicanchik896
    0mg i didnt kn0 ab0ut dis
     

    Soul_Unique
    I'm glad she is well.
     

    chilc
    ah man, thought i was first!!!!!1
     

    sweetcee
    That aint right
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    Live to Love Your Life>>>

    epixMissa
    So that's why she was a trending topic over at twitter yesterday. How lame of TMZ.
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    [twitter.com/gummyworms] kthnx.

    ladybug4
    NUTN ABOUT DESE SITES SURPRISE ME
     

    epixMissa
    >_>
    How lame of Tee-Em-Zee.
    There.
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    [twitter.com/gummyworms] kthnx.

    nayb0713
    wow they need to get it together!
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    follow me twitter.com/missmegan713

    nulu09
    SMH! SHAME ON DEM!
     

    blackbeautyanddiva
    LEARN TO SPELL MTO!
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    TXT 79922 & FAN 4 bittrswt 106&p

    SAYWONAP
    ALL YA THE SAME MTO
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    YOUTUBE.COM/SAYWONAP

    tarrilove
    Harvey has been slipping lately, He betta watch his ass before he ends up in court!
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    moonlillyhorizon@yahoo.com

    mizzlady1
    @MTO..y'all do that shyt too, reportin false information so all y'all the same.
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    Dream, Laugh, and Love

    blkbuddafly519
    Sounds familiar, doesnt it MTO?... U have been warned...NEXT
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    I would stop but i aint no quitter.....

    Safari1
    How many false reports MTO puts out?
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    It‘s what on the inside that counts!!!!.

    ZestyCreole
    not cool TMZ
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    TWITTER.COM/THEMODELBUTTONZ

    mrssolet
    Uh please MTO is the queen of false reports..fail for you even posting this...next
     

    aquariusstorm
    Almost all of MTO's reports are fake as well. Maybe a handful be true.
     

    mrssolet
    This site will still never be as big as the Thirty Mile Zone
     

    FRANKI
    MAYA ANGELO COULD USE A NEW LOOK.
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    THE 1 U LOVE 2 HATE...

    MaliaRichards
    Well thank goodness,Maya Angelou is a national treasure. I love her work. Shame on you TMZ!
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    Just my opinion!

    charliebrown
    want free stuff just use this link
    http://www.[SPAM].com/index.asp?rcode=DEATHTO80
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    truth

    Anony_Mouse
    Well, at least you did not rush out and pilfer this on from t-mz as you usually do.
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    hello

    sweetblck911
    hey we cant always get it right but its funny when someone gets on blast for having it wrong new beauty of the week coming to freakytweets.com
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    freakytweets.com freaks on twitter

    narcis
    GOOD, those crackas GO HARD on Black celebs!!!
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    REPUBLICANS ARE F*CKIN GAY!!!

    koondoodle
    gossip callin out gossip? both of you put out false reports, don't act like a saint because they were wrong once lol. i still have the "vma winner list" yall posted. i almost bet money on that [EXPLETIVE].
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    twitter.com/koondoodle

    ssxxysam
    THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES SO FOR ALL THE LAZY BLOGGERS BEST TO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH FROM NOW ON
     

    FerociaFierce
    like MTO never screws up....
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    =)

    SmallOhm
    I wonder why I have never seen a report on T-M-Z about how MTO reported a false story? Or anything about MTO at all? Oh yea...BECAUSE THEY HAVE BETTE SH!T TO TALK ABOUT! A hit dog will holla MTO...please focus...Glad she is ok!
     

    l00mmh
    I'm surprised mto is upset because they don't get acknowledged for being the source for all the latest info. Mto's headlines are meaningless. I will admil its entertaining at best. NEVER will I EVER take this website seriously. Its sounds like an oversexed homo (I mean sambo) who's friends with Wendy is having a bit>ch fit. Mto's topics scream self hate. Bad weaves, who's gay, who lost their shine, and big booty girls is what mto represents. Nothing else
     

    LuckyS
    I thought you guys were friends with the people
    over @ t-mz??!? Oh and MTO puts out false stories
    pretty much everyday.
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    Mrs. Vick

    MsVlicious
    Just Read This On T-M-Z This Morning.....
    Mistakes Happens.
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    Baton Rouge Finest....

    FerociaFierce
    Still i rise!
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    =)

    Iwontbebad
    YEP, JUMPED THE GUN.
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    I Promise I Will

    whitemanlova
    Please,Mto!! Y'all lie and get stories wrong,too.
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    i love you michael jackson!!

    caramelphatty
    .
    .
    .
    MTO!!! STFU!!! Y'all put out false stories too
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    PISCES!!! SEXY AND SWEET...

    Juicy_Dee
    Ok so...TMZ jumps the gun and MTO exaggerates and/or lies....whateva
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    Uh-huh.....Ok.....SHUT UP!

    MenLoveThugz
    Maya woke up this morning and said "I Rise, I rise, I....RISE!!"
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    Yeah N!gga, give it to me just like that

    GREEKNESS
    To T M Z's credit, they did issue a retraction with an explanation. Take notes, MTO. Sometimes that's all it takes and all is forgiven.

    How come tho, you have screen shots of T M Z...read their site much? lol...gotta luv you guys.
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    Juicy_Dee
    I hate when they SPAM out ish. Hell, yall spelled out TMZ, why can't I ? Lol
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    Uh-huh.....Ok.....SHUT UP!

    TheRose
    Like MTO has never made a false report or jumped the gun. I doubt yall got the news too about her being hospitalized.
    I bet she was hospitalized, but they are covering it up.
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    I HATE THIS RECAPTCHA BULLSHYT

    BornBarbadian
    sad
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    Who really cares?

    bklynkey718
    fucck tmz they Wack
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    Knowledge is power!

    Jaydub75
    MTO,ain't that the pot calling the kettle black. Sh.it yall just got a story wrong the other day when u guys said lady gaga was backing out of the concert with "gayye" west lol. But then yall report that we told u so that yall were 1st 2report that the concert not lady gaga was cancelled. So mutherphucking plz. U all need 2 take notes instead of insults. Boitches!!!!!
     

    GuessJeans
    That is just triffling.
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    Coming to u from Glasgow Scotland

    imsickoftvnradio
    Hahaaha, MTO stay posting fake stories.
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    I miss the older bloggers

    pfarlough
    I would pay good money to sit down for 5 minutes with the MTO staff. I can't believe yall even have this story up here. Wit yall lying/exaggerating a$$es. At least TeeMZ had guts to admit their mistake. U fvckers don't even do that. SMDH!!!
     

    Snookiecookie
    Wow,I hav how all y'all smash MTO day and night yet ur still on here talking ish every single day!!!!!
     

    sesspool
    First of all I didn't know mediatakeout KKK had a TV show..LOL! You people I swear are just as ignorant as they are.
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    STD Free!

    Dolemite2000
    Ohhh Pleeze Fred...

    Both of you MoFo's are purveyors of half-truths, innuendo's and OUT-RIGHT LIES. lol
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    Rise Mutha Fukka Rise

    Dolemite2000
    Ohhh Pleeze Fred...

    Both of you MoFo's are purveyors of half-truths, innuendo's and OUT-RIGHT LIES. lol
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    Rise Mutha Fukka Rise

    halo
    lol at MTO, from when the word restrain in yall vocabulary? as Anony_Mouse said you probably was late pilfering it from teemz you darn self shut the hell up. But, i'm happy ms. Angelou is fine.
     

    Bunifa
    mto - you shd be put on blast too for faux news-BASTATRDS
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    Bunifa Latifah Halifah Sharifa Jackson

    sweetpolly
    4-1 MTO YALL DONT HAVE ANY ROOM TO TALK ABOUT ACCURATE AND WRONG INFO GETTING PUT OUT THERE!! YOU GUYS ARE LATE MOST OF THE TIME AND WRONG THE OTHER APART OF THE TIME OR YOU EITHER TELLING PART OF A STORY AND LEAVING US HANGING SO GET IT TOGETHER QUICK OR QUIT!!
     

    sweetpolly
    & 4-2 YALL JUST DEAD WRONG...SOME OF THE [EXPLETIVE] YALL REPORT IS NOT NEWS & THE HEADLINES OR WHACK & VERY INSULTING & CHILDISH!!
     

    Blacque
    wow
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    pelea por su vida

    deezy72
    Man tmz be on somebullshit half the time ne ways....follow me http://twitter.com/AllEyezOnD
     

    hellokitty19131
    named my girl after her!
     

    NOTLOOKINBACK
    LMAO!!! DIS IS SOOOOO FUNNY!!! MTO DOES ANYTHING TO PUT THEMSELVES AS THE LEAD RUNNER AHEAD IN A RACE---TEE M ZEE SCORE 2 FAILS-THIS ONE AND SAYING SNOOP WIFE WAS DEAD. MTO 1000 OF FAILS EVERYTIME THEY POST SOME SHYT IS INACCURATE OR MISSPELLED. AND HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT TEE M ZEE NEVER TALKS ABOUT HOW ANOTHER GOSSIP SITE HAS FAILED ON REPORTING RELIABLE INFO. OR ALWAYS KNOCKING AND TALKING SIDEWAYS ABT ANOTHER SITE, ONLY A NUCCA SITE!
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    HALF NAKED HOEZ ON AVIS=TASTELESS

    pussieleani
    ALL THE FALSE BEYONCE STORIES YALL BE POSTING.....SMH! ONE WHO LIVES IN GLASS HOUSE SHALL NOT THROW STONES
     

    NOTLOOKINBACK
    THIS SITE IS RAN LIKE HOW WE AS BLACKS BEEN THINKING OVER THE YEARS.....ALWAYS WORRYING ABOUT ANOTHER NUCCA STEALING OUR SHINE AND TRYNA PUT THEM ON BLAST CUZ THEY HAD A MINOR SETBACK. MTO WHY SHOULD U GIVE A FUK WHAT GOES ON OVER AT TEE M ZEE IF YOU DIDN'T FEEL THREATENED BY THEM? I COULD GIVE A FUK LESS WHATS GOING ON IN SOMEBODY ELSES HOUSE. FOCUS ON YA SPELLCHECKING AND NOT WHAT TEE M ZEE IS DOING!!!
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    HALF NAKED HOEZ ON AVIS=TASTELESS

    NOTLOOKINBACK
    I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT MTO IS OWNED BY SOME KRACKAS AND TRYING TO SPEW HATE AND KEEP US DIVIDED AS A RACE OR THEY SOME SELL OUT AZZ UNCLE TOMS.....WHY U ASKED? HAS ANYONE NOTICE THAT THE HEADER AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE HAS WENT FROM "THE MOST VISITED BLACK SITE IN THE WORLD" TO "THE MOST VISITED "URBAN" SITE IN THA WORLD". I READ THEIR STUPID AZZES FOR KICKS N GIGGLES AND DON'T TAKE SHYT FOR FACE VALUE UNTIL I HEAR IT FROM A MORE RELIABLE SOURCE.
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    HALF NAKED HOEZ ON AVIS=TASTELESS

    donthateonthegreat
    Wow
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    You mad? Get over it already snitchez!!!

    love2screw
    looking @ Ms Angelo's pic i can see why they reported her being in da hospital.
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    Blame it on the Rain & STFU!

    MaineSourceOfficial
    that's messed up! check out the website let us know what you think www.mainesourceofficial.com leave comments for us
     

    nicdraw
    T-M-Z is still way more reliable and they have actual reporters, camera-men, and photographers. This site just steals all their stuff or posts made u stories.
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    Why Cant I Stop Spending $

    the_realist
    Ummm. She was in the hospital. Other sites reported and so did the news. What it is, MTO didn't get the info and they're mad. It was all over the news.
     

    GOOD-VILLAIN81
    MTO EXPOSING TMZ AIN THAT THE KETTLE CALLING THE POT BLACK LOL.
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    INCREDABUCKS@TWITTER.COM

    MSKARMANYC
    MTO yall do fake stories all the time. We know that all your staffers do is search the internet for stories from other sites. Its not like yall are real journalists. All the gossip type sites are the same. I like coming here because sometimes I may to leave a comment but mostly to read the comments because many of the comments are mad funny. No one takes your site serious MTO.
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    http://www.vmcsatellite.com/?aid=300668

    AlreadyNYoDreamz
    U know u made it when other sites be on your ass reporting your mistakes...

    THIS IS NOT NEWS MTO!
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    http://twitter.com/_D0LLFACE_

    ZOEZOEBOYS
    MTO Y'ALL FULL OF [EXPLETIVE] LIKE NAS SAY THIS [EXPLETIVE] IZ POISON. ..I JUS BE LAUGHING AT SHYT LIKE THIS. .
     

    olneekzlikeme
    Puh leez mto y'all dumbass probaly ain't know who maya Angelou is n that's why y'all ain run the story..if it ain rihanna or beyonce y'all ain't kno shiz
     

    SupaMYLF
    ...Well, if this isn't the POT putting the KETTLE on blast...
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    Just like candy ¿Quieres un lamer

    Amani
    We made the EDITORIAL DECISION to hold off on reporting it when we were UNABLE to confirm the report.
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    WOW..YALL DON'T E-V-E-R MAKE "EDITORIAL DECISIONS"!! IS THIS THE APOCALYPSE OR SOMETHING???
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    blah....

    BigD4show
    Yo TMZ stop lying!!!! 4show....
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    Look4me@AdultFriendFinder.comBigD4show

    black55
    AND CAN WE GET SUM REAL NEWS
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    WE HAVE MEDIATAKEOUT STALKERS ON HERE

    TheBrokenSilence
    Wow MTO. So now the score is:

    MTO- 1,267,008
    T-M-Z - 1
     

    wow2much
    well mto thats very shocking cause yall messier than most
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    mto is the puppet master!dance idiots

    muffie
    This is the pot calling the kettle black or sour grapes? cause you people do it more than any other sites and nice to know she is ok she should just write a poem about their stupid arses.
     

    khali102
    No MTO you just couldn't wait until the morning to post it. Ya'll have the most bullshit stories. Had TMZ posted this right before yall post ya'lls for the day ya'll would have had it up too
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    simplysuckerfree
    mto yall really need to shut up because if t.m.z reported everytime yall was wrong yall website prob wouldnt evn exsist
     

    rainbowkiid
    T.M.Z!!!!! O NO
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    **^BEYONCE N GAGA R GOD┌&#

    JT09
    No surprise here, this is the second time in two months they have been caught reporting false news. Last month they said a mma fighter was dead, when it was nothing but a troll job.
     

    Bodymakeover
    If you ar serious and not curious about changing your life.

    www.ardysslife.com/sweeneyg
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    http://www.ardysslife.com/sweeneyg

    1uhv2c
    Lol@ TheBrokenSilence
     

    bourgie_girl
    shame on t-m-z

    but its not like you have room to talk mto
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    POSING SLUTTY CAN‘T CHANGE YOUR FACE

    choclatdrop
    Does T-M-Z ever get a story right? I wouldnt know anymore, because I stopped going to that site when they lied about snoops wife being ill. or did they say dead. Man it was some crazy lame story that was not true!
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    www.myspace.com/choclatdrop

    FNX
    oh MYO shut up.....80% of yalls reports are fake and or lame....no one wanna hear that BS about yall being strick...smh
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    The Official FNX

    KEEYSHAJ50
    MTO STFU YALL LIE ALL THE DAMN TIME SO STOP TRYNA CALL PEOPLE OUT THATS LIKE THE POT CALLIN THE KETTLE BLACK...
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    R.I.P MICHAEL JACKSON...

    KEEYSHAJ50
    I AGREE nicdraw AND MSKARMANYC...
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    R.I.P MICHAEL JACKSON...

    Jettwilson
    MTO trying to act like they so exclusive lol man cut that [EXPLETIVE] out. I wonder how yall act in person prollly one of them broke rich [EXPLETIVE] who lie about the way they life going
     

    St3phWif34Lif3
    I love Maya. She is so beautiful. Inside and out. She is the epitome and role model black woman. Her poem "In and Out of Time" left me riveted. Thanks for being an inspiration.
     

    tampat
    so what...mto puts out false info all the time
     

    sxylitenig
    that's why I didn't believe when they said mj died
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    http://www.twitter.com/diontelove

    phonzodadj
    MTO they can Put yall on blast for 85% of yall fvcked up stories. Lmao
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    Twitter.com/djphonzo

    CincinnatiRed
    tear them a new azzz Maya.
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    A mind is a terrible thing to waste....

    schiava
    LOL @ MTO using the word 'stringent'.

    Y'all really give yourselves TOO MUCH CREDIT.

    *SmDH*
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    Total submission...

    Kadaj
    Kind of like when MTO reported they had the winner's list for the 2009 M.T.veee awards and even posted a fake arse memo with letterhead and not one of the categories were right from that fake memo posted BY YOU.

    To quote Mariah Mto...You a mom and pop. (TeeMmmZyee') a corpotation.

    Sit down small timers. You can't even outscoop bb[SPAM].
     

    sotochick
    please MTo..ya'll all the last site to say anybody posted fake stories...as many fake stories you all post and make up...then wanna call everything exclusive..please...nothing has been exclusive ya'll posted...
     

    rob_blue
    THAT OLD BROAD VOTED AND CAMPAIGNED FOR HILLARY.... WITH ALL DO RESPECT....F*CK HER... SHE WRITES ALL ABOUT "BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL...THEN WHEN A BLACK PRESIDENT COMES ALONG....SHE VOTES THE OTHER WAY... F*CK HER.... SHE A HOUSE N*GGA
     

    mzlisa
    IM GLAD SHE'S OK
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    mzlady74@yahoo.com


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