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No couple buying wedding rings wants to be reminded that someday one of them will have to accept the other one's ring from a nurse or an undertaker.

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wedding
Wants
Ring
Someday
Rings
Buying
Undertaker
Accept
Reminded
Couple
Nurse
Accepting

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