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Death is a greatly overrated experience. I hated Mother's and I'm not looking forward to my own. Apart from the sorrow there are the bills to be paid. Nobody dies for free.
Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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