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Living in England, provincial England, must be like being married to a stupid but exquisitely beautiful wife.

Margaret Halsey

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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
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Yonkers
New York State
Wife
Funny
Living
Exquisitely
Beautiful
Provincial
Must
England
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Married
Humor
Stupid

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