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I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

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Erma Bombeck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1927
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: April 22
Column Author
Journalist
Writer
Bellbrook
Ohio
Erma Louise Bombeck
Sofas
Faded
Carpet
Invited
Dinner
Friends
Even
Sofa
Would
Stained

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