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My notion of an elegant table is you don't leave the knife sticking out of the mayonnaise jar.

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