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‘Dead Man Walking’ Icon Sister Helen Prejean: ‘I Came Alive on Death Row’

Por: The Daily Beast Life October 04, 2023

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There was a moment of silence as pondered being described as a pop culture icon. Then she let out a hoot of laughter. “What does that even mean?” she said in her raspy Southern drawl. “I don’t know what that means!”Well, it means the fame that her 1993 book and 1995 movie has brought her ( won an for her role as Prejean); Jake Heggie’s of the same name now playing at the ; the fact she, a at 84, is still fighting determinedly—after... + full article



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