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The news of life is carried via telephone. A baby's birth, a couple engaged, a tragic car accident on a late night highway - most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of a ringing.

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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