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Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.
Amy Vanderbilt
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Amy Vanderbilt
Age: 66 †
Born: 1908
Born: July 22
Died: 1974
Died: December 27
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New York
Amy Osborne Vanderbilt
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