From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
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   I had long assumed that Lucille Ryan had adopted the name 'Lucy Lawless'   
   based upon Pierre Burton's books.  She is of the right age to have read   
   Pierre Burton's books in her youth.  Likewise the name fit perfectly the   
   kind of persona Lucille was trying to portray.   
      
      
   Piere Burton's book 'The Secret World of OG' was published in 1961 (Lucille   
   Ryan was born in 1968). In the book, Penny who idolizes 'Lucy Lawless', is   
   the middle child of 5 children; Lucile is the 5th child of 7 children - it   
   seemed like a character Lucile may have identified with at that young age.   
      
   It is only recently reading Wikipedia that I found out that the name   
   'Lawless' was taken from Lucile's first husband in 1988 when they were   
   married.   
      
   So the coincidence of the name is quite spectacular as far as I am   
   concerned.   
      
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