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It has been home to countless stars, from Frank Sinatra to Sir Winston Churchill to Katharine Hepburn.
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Connacht's Johnny O'Connor is also named in the Churchill Cup squad as is Frank Murphy, who will join the Irish province from Leicester at the end of this season.
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Her admirers included Churchill, who said she was his favorite star according to biographer William Manchester, and Anne Frank, who had Durbin's photo pasted on the wall in the secret quarters where she and her family hid in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
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Her fans included Winston Churchill, who said she was his favorite star according to biographer William Manchester, and Anne Frank, who had Durbin's photo pasted on the wall in the secret quarters where she and her family hid in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
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Winston Churchill watched her films before they were released to the general public in the UK, while Anne Frank hung a picture of Durbin on the wall of the attic in which she and her family hid from the Nazis.
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