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I have been fortunate. I have done so many things and enjoyed so many things and had such a great life, not to imply that it is ending, but that there aren't many things that I feel I have left undone.

Lois Lowry

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Lois Lowry
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 20
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Lois Ann Hammersberg
Lois James Worthy Johnson
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