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The story of Judy Garland is often remembered through the vibrant technicolor of a yellow brick road, yet her arrival into the world was marked by a shadow of unwantedness. Born Frances Ethel Gumm in 1926, she was the third daughter in a family already strained by emotional and financial instability. Her mother, Ethel, reportedly sought to end the pregnancy when she first learned of it, fearing the burden of another mouth to feed in a troubled marriage. Despite this precarious beginning, the girl who would become a Hollywood legend did not just survive; she rose to embody the veryโฆ
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