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I've always said that next to Imperial China, the South is the best place in the world to be an old lady.

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Florence King
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: January 6
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Washington
District of Columbia
Florence Virginia King
South
Next
Place
Best
Always
World
Imperial
Lady
China

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