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Strong role models and unconditional love can heal even the most emotionally impoverished person, and that goes for adults as well as youngsters.

Ann Landers

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
Persons
Heal
Person
Models
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Adults
Well
Role
Even
Roles
Impoverished
Love
Goes
Youngsters
Strong
Unconditional
Women
Emotionally

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