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Just out of curiosity, sweetheart did you ever talk to your doctor about givin' you some tranquilizers?

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ever
Tranquilizers
Givin
Sweetheart
Doctor
Curiosity
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