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there is no aristocracy of grief. Grief is a great leveler.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Age: 94 †
Born: 1906
Born: June 22
Died: 2001
Died: February 7
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Englewood
New Jersey
Anne Lindbergh
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Anne Spencer Morrow
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Anne Spencer Lindbergh
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