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In hell they will bore you, in heaven you will bore them.

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Katharine Whitehorn
Age: 92 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 17
Died: 2021
Died: January 8
Journalist
Writer
Hendon
Middlesex
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn
Heaven
Bore
Bores
Hell

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I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.
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