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Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy.

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Elizabeth Edwards
Age: 61 †
Born: 1949
Born: July 3
Died: 2010
Died: December 7
Attorney At Law
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Jacksonville
Florida
Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards
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