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America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support system from this country who-people grieving along with us.

Patti Davis

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Patti Davis
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 21
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Patricia Ann Davis
Patricia Ann Reagan
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