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The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew nearly accidentally killed me.

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Amy Hempel
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 14
Journalist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Nearly
Killed
Began
Instead
Knew
Vase
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Vases
Years
Accidentally
Men
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