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There are more ways of killing a man's love than by strangling it to death, but that's the usual way.

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Helen Rowland
Age: 74 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 1
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
Humorist
Journalist
Men
Love
Strangling
Usual
Killing
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Death
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