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I haven't cried since Mom died. I mean, after something like that, what's left to cry about, right? But I let myself cry now. Loss is loss. Doesn't take death to create it. (266)

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
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Ellen Louise Hopkins
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