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to study dramatic art in her teenage years. According to her sister, Meta: "She had a remarkable memory when a child of but three years old and never tired of mimicking and reciting. She must have inherited some of my father's qualities of application and ability to study." Kern's elder brother,
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on June 5, 1928. The press deemed her death "mysterious" as she had gone into seclusion during the weeks before, remaining isolated in the hotel room where she lived; a "do not disturb" sign was left hanging from her door for approximately three days before her body was discovered. Per a
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immigrants. 1910 census New York City census records and some news articles indicate she was born in
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