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In a sense, having cancer takes you by the shoulders and shakes you.
Elizabeth Edwards
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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
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Teacher
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Jacksonville
Florida
Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards
Cancer
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Sense
Shakes
Shoulders
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