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8.45 a.m. My mother is in the hospital grounds smoking a cigarette. She is looking old and haggard. All the debauchery is catching up with her.

Sue Townsend

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Sue Townsend
Age: 68 †
Born: 1946
Born: April 2
Died: 2014
Died: April 10
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Leicester
England
Susan Lillian Townsend
Mother
Haggard
Grounds
Hospital
Catching
Cigarette
Hospitals
Smoking
Looking
Debauchery

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