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Today in WV History
29 Jun

Jennifer Garner married Ben Affleck

Actress Jennifer Anne Garner, born in Houston, Texas, on April 17, 1972, grew up in Charleston. She showed an early interest in the arts, dancing as a child with the Appalachian Youth Jazz-Ballet Company and appearing in plays staged by the Childr...

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