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<DIV> Doris Day </DIV>
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<DIV>Birthday Surprise for Ageless Doris Day: She’s Actually 95</DIV>
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<DIV>by Lynn Elber</DIV>
<DIV>Associated Press, April 2, 2017</DIV>
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<DIV>LOS ANGELES -- To Doris Day’s many admirers, the pert and fresh-faced
charmer who starred in “Pillow Talk” and “Move Over Darling” is ageless.</DIV>
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<DIV>But Day turns 95 on Monday -- which is a birthday surprise to even the star
herself, who has long pegged her age to a 1924 birthdate that would make her 93.
Media outlets have variously reported her as between 93 and 95.</DIV>
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<DIV>A copy of Day’s birth certificate, obtained by The Associated Press from
Ohio’s Office of Vital Statistics, settles the issue: Doris Mary Kappelhoff, her
pre-fame name, was born on April 3, 1922, making her 95. Her parents were Alma
and William Kappelhoff of Cincinnati.</DIV>
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<DIV>“I’ve always said that age is just a number and I have never paid much
attention to birthdays, but it’s great to finally know how old I really am!” Day
said in a statement Sunday.</DIV>
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<DIV>She’s in excellent company with other vibrant Hollywood standouts lucky
enough to reach that milestone year, including Betty White, a close friend, and
Carl Reiner.</DIV>
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<DIV>“There has long been speculation and rumors about Doris’ age and we get
this question a lot, looks like we finally have the answer,” said Day’s
spokesman, Charley Cullen Walters. “The story I have heard the most is that at
one point Doris was up for a role when quite young and her age may have been
miswritten on the audition form. We don’t know if that’s correct, but if so it
could’ve simply stuck for all these years.”</DIV>
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<DIV>He said Day and White had long joked about White being two years
older.</DIV>
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<DIV>“Now we know that they are actually just a couple months apart, and turns
out it’s an even bigger exciting landmark than we thought,” Walters said. White
was born in January 1922.</DIV>
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<DIV>On previous birthdays, Day has said she doesn’t care about her age but
rather using the occasion to highlight her favorite cause: animals.</DIV>
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<DIV>A longtime supporter of animal welfare, Day founded the nonprofit Doris Day
Animal Foundation in 1978 to provide grants to projects that rescue, care for
and protect animals. Among the wide-ranging recipients: a group that helps
seniors and others with pet care needs; one that provides trained service dogs
for veterans and others; Iowa Parrot Rescue, and Misfit Acres, a Minnesota horse
sanctuary.</DIV>
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<DIV>Day, who lives in Carmel, California, has effectively parlayed her fame for
her mission. This year, she’s seeking to bring younger people on board with a
social media campaign that asks people to post a photo or video of their pet
with the hashtag #DorisBirthdayWish and the tag @ddaf_org for her foundation.
The best of the submissions will be combined into a digital birthday card for
her.</DIV>
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<DIV>Famous friends and admirers are among those saluting Day online. Country
music star Reba McEntire tweeted that she was donating to the foundation and
invited her Twitter followers to do the same.</DIV>
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<DIV>Day, who started out as a big band singer, made her film debut in 1948 with
“Romance on the High Seas” before starring in a string of smash-hit 1950s and
’60s rom-coms. She remained a pop star as well, with hits including “Whatever
Will Be Will Be (Que Sera)” and “Secret Love.”</DIV>
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<DIV>Pillow Talk” earned her an Academy Award nomination, and she won critical
acclaim for dramatic turns in “Midnight Lace” and “Love Me or Leave Me.” But
Oscar gold, including the lifetime achievement award that her career justifies,
hasn’t come to her.</DIV>
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<DIV>Yet Day, who once dismissed her “goody two shoes” image as “so boring,”
isn’t necessarily predictable: Walters said she has been offered the honorary
award several times and politely declined. She always concludes, he said, in a
“classic Doris tone -- ’Never say never!’”</DIV>
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<DIV>Photo of birth certificate:</DIV>
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