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Let me close by bearing witness (and my nine decades on this earth fully qualify me to say this) that the older I get, the more I realize that family is the center of life and is the key to eternal happiness.

L. Tom Perry

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L. Tom Perry
Age: 92 †
Born: 1922
Born: August 5
Died: 2015
Died: May 30
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