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Father's snoring grows to sound increasingly like a vacuum cleaner in heat.

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
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Vacuums
Vacuum
Increasingly
Heat
Grows
Sleep
Snoring
Sound
Cleaner
Father
Cleaners

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