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There are always a few people you do a lot for, and a few who do a lot for you, but they're not the same people.

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Kindness
Always
People

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