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My husband and I have never considered divorce... murder sometimes, but never divorce.

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Joyce Brothers
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 20
Died: 2013
Died: May 13
Actor
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Journalist
Psychologist
Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
Joyce Diane Bauer
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