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As anyone who has ever fallen foul of an airport, a conventional hospital or a bad restaurant knows, misery is made up of little things.
Katharine Whitehorn
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Katharine Whitehorn
Age: 92 †
Born: 1928
Born: March 17
Died: 2021
Died: January 8
Journalist
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Hendon
Middlesex
Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn
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