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I convinced him his luggage had gone to that big Bermuda Triangle in the sky.

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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
Bigs
Airline
Humorous
Convinced
Sky
Humor
Bermuda
Food
Triangle
Gone
Triangles
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Luggage

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