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No. I don't want to need anybody. I want someone to need me ... I want someone to need me.
Betty Smith
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Betty Smith
Age: 75 †
Born: 1896
Born: December 15
Died: 1972
Died: January 17
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Elisabeth Lillian Wehner
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