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A marriage, even one that goes awry, generates claims and needs that persist like an afterglow long after the emotional fire is burned out.

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Wallis Simpson
Age: 89 †
Born: 1896
Born: June 19
Died: 1986
Died: April 24
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Blue Ridge Summit
Pennsylvania
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Bessie Wallis Warfield
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