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Rosie Shuster
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “canadian-born comedy writer”. Today it says “canadian comedy writer and actress”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Canadian-born comedy writer and actress (born 1950)”. It now reads “Canadian comedy writer and actress (born 1946)”.
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Rosie Shuster (born June 19, 1950) is a Canadian-born comedy writer.1 She was writer for Saturday Night Live during the 1970s and 1980s and she was married to the show's creator, Lorne Michaels from 1971 to 1980 . She is the daughter of comedian Frank Shuster of Wayne and Shuster fame and a cousin of Superman co-creator, Joe Shuster . Shuster was born in Toronto, Canada .2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “canadian-born comedy writer”. Today it says “canadian comedy writer and actress”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Canadian-born comedy writer and actress (born 1950)”. It now reads “Canadian comedy writer and actress (born 1946)”. Read the current article and compare.
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canadian-born comedy writer
Now
canadian comedy writer and actress
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