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Woke up this morning afraid I was gonna live.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

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Elizabeth Wurtzel
Age: 52 †
Born: 1967
Born: July 31
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
Autobiographer
Journalist
Lawyer
Writer
New York City
New York
Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel
Morning
Live
Woke
Gonna
Afraid

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They have no idea what a bottomless pit of misery I am.
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