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In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it.

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Marlo Thomas
Age: 86
Born: 1937
Born: November 21
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