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If you can keep your head when all about are losing theirs, it's just possible that you haven't grasped the situation.
Jean Kerr
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Jean Kerr
Age: 82 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 10
Died: 2005
Died: January 5
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Scranton
Pennsylvania
Bridget Jean Collins
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