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I thought we talked things out!' 'Yes, and you listened very carefully to every word you had to say.

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Jean Kerr
Age: 82 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 10
Died: 2005
Died: January 5
Author
Playwright
Writer
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Bridget Jean Collins
Thought
Every
Things
Listened
Carefully
Talked
Word

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