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He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.

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Lois Lowry
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 20
Journalist
Novelist
Photographer
Writer
Honolulu
Hawaii
Lois Ann Hammersberg
Lois James Worthy Johnson
Felt
Body
Wept
Cleansing
Grief
Empty
Tears
Needed

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