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Some people take pleasure in regaling one and all with details of their poor health. They are happy to give an organ recital to anyone who will listen.

Ann Landers

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