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Take love easy, as the leaves grow on the trees.

Mary Stewart

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Mary Stewart
Age: 97 †
Born: 1916
Born: August 17
Died: 2014
Died: May 9
Gymnastics Teacher
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Poet
Primary School Teacher
Screenwriter
Writer
Newport
Arkansas
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