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Gradually, at the concerts, I began to hear calls for 'the fat girl' . . . . Then I would jump up for the piano stool, forgetting about my size [145 lbs at age 13], and work to get all the laughs I could get.
Source: In Born This Day, by Ed Morrow, 1995.
-- Sophie Tucker, (Jan 13 1884-1966), US singer; Her 62-year stage career included burlesque, vaudeville, and nightclubs billed her as the last of the red-hot mamas.