Dr. Hepburn encouraged all his children to be very athletic, and it has been said that his expectations for his eldest son could be extreme.

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She had to study extra hard for her entrance exams, just barley scraping the minimum passing marks in chemistry. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress and leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. family photo a few months before Tom's death.

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