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Grieving is like being ill. You think the entire world revolves around you and it doesn't.

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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
Actor
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
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Think
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