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The key to all knowledge comes in words of just one syllable, apparently.... There's only the last page left to write on. I'll fill it with words of just one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love.

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Dodie Smith
Age: 94 †
Born: 1896
Born: May 3
Died: 1990
Died: November 24
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Greater Manchester
Charles Henry Percy
C. L. Anthony
Dorothy Gladys Smith
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Dodie Beesley
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