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Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

Nora Roberts

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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Silver Spring
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Eleanor Marie Robertson
Jill March
Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufdem-Brinke Wilder
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