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Life sure is easier when you're rich. And a natural born charmer. Don't forget that part. How could I? she retorted. It's the only thing we have in common.

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sure
Forget
Common
Natural
Charmer
Born
Charmers
Part
Retorted
Thing
Easier
Life
Rich

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