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I'm still picking pockets--I just do it as legally as I can. Being married to a cop limits certain activities.
Nora Roberts
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Nora Roberts
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Eleanor Marie Robertson
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Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufdem-Brinke Wilder
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