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the boys had learned that laughter stilled anxiety. It cleared away mystery. If you could laugh at something, it erased its importance.

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Mary Astor
Age: 81 †
Born: 1906
Born: May 3
Died: 1987
Died: September 26
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Novelist
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Quincy
Illinois
Lucile Langhanke
Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
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Boys
Erased
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Anxiety
Something
Laughter
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Importance
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