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marriage is an extraordinary thing - and I doubt if any outsider - even a child of the marriage - has the right to judge.

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Agatha Christie
Age: 85 †
Born: 1890
Born: September 15
Died: 1976
Died: January 12
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller
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