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I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.

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Jane Pauley
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 31
Journalist
Indianapolis
Indiana
Margaret Jane Pauley
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