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I have an awfully good life.

Ann Richards

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Ann Richards
Age: 73 †
Born: 1933
Born: September 1
Died: 2006
Died: September 13
Former Governor Of Texas
Politician
Lacy Lakeview
Texas
Dorothy Ann Richards
Awfully
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Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does.
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I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.
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