IPhoto 9.6 will not open in OSX Yosimite 10.10.2

I'm using a MacBook Pro 15inch Early 2011 machine, 2GHz, 8GB RAM, OSX Yosimite 10.10.2.
I have iPhoto version 9.6 and it will not open, just hangs up on the main screen with the little wheel spinning in the middle of it endlessly. No error messages. Program will not start even after several minutes and no other programs running in the background. Any thoughts?

what has changed since it worked?
You can Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - from the resulting first aid window repair permissions and if necessary rebuild your database
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Path:
/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:
com.apple.iPhoto
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9.3.2 (9.3.2)
Build Info:
iPhotoProject-670063000000000~2
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408981381
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User ID:
501
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2012-08-12 14:53:21.268 -0500
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Interval Since Last Report:
5547 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:
26
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 18 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   21
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