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he’s as wise as she is wisecracking – and
they’re just two of the many things we’ve
always loved about Dawn French. In
the days leading up to her recent 60th
birthday, theFrench and SaundersandThe Vicar
of Dibleystar wasn’t feeling at all daunted by
the fast approaching age milestone. Which is
nothing less than we’d expect from the famously
no-nonsense English comedian.
“When I was a kid I used to look at people who
were 60 and think,You should just really die because
what is the point of you now?’she recently joked on
British daytime chat showThis Morning.“NowI’m
that person. But it’s a bit weird. Sixty doesn’t feel
like anything. I feel just like I was 40 or whatever.”10COVER STORY
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Dawn and
Mark tied the
knot in 2013