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If whisky or salt won't cure it, then to hell with it. I worry about important things.
Florence King
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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
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Whisky
Salt
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