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certain very old people reach an age where every funeral becomes some sort of insane confirmation of strength, rather than of vulnerability, as it is when we are in our thirties or forties and our friends die.

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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Erica Mann Jong
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