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Cancer is not a straight line. It's up and down.

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Elizabeth Edwards
Age: 61 †
Born: 1949
Born: July 3
Died: 2010
Died: December 7
Attorney At Law
Attorneys In The United States
Lawyer
Teacher
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards
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My job is to stay alive until the medicine and research catch up.
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Leave me if you must, but be faithful to me if you are with me.
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