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My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Age: 96 †
Born: 1884
Born: February 12
Died: 1980
Died: February 20
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Manhattan borough
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