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One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closest friends if they seem OK, then you're the one.

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
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Sioux City
Iowa
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Esther Pauline Friedman
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