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TIL Grace Kelly retired from acting at age 26 then moved to Monaco to marry the prince there. When she was 52, she died in a car accident. Her daughter was in the car at the time but was unable to regain control of the car or attend the funeral of her mother due to injuries sustained in the accident

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