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I have a background and an understanding of what's happened in the Middle East that a lot of people don't have, because there's been no interest.

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Helen Thomas
Age: 92 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 4
Died: 2013
Died: July 20
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Journalist
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Winchester
Kentucky
Helen Amelia Thomas
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I never thought about heaven per se. I think when you're dead, you're dead. If anything happens after that, you just hope you don't go to hell.
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I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, and I will be a liberal 'til the day I die.
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I don't think a tough question is disrespectful.
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I'm of Arab background.
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