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It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.

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Rose Kennedy
Age: 104 †
Born: 1890
Born: July 21
Died: 1995
Died: January 22
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Boston
Massachusetts
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy
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