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I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people.

Barbara Mertz

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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
Author
Egyptologist
Novelist
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Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
Hitting
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