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Thread: Circus: 2013 Celebrity Death Pool: Kicking the Dust, Biting the Bucket
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Caissa
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Dr. Henry Morgentaler, who led the abortion movement in Canada, has died at age 90.
Carolyn Egan, with the Ontario Coalition of Abortion Clinics, said she spoke with members of Morgentaler's family, who told her he died early Wednesday morning, surrounded by family, and that it was a peaceful death at his Toronto home.
Morgentaler emerged in 1969 as one of Canada's most controversial figures when he broke the law at the time, and opened the country's first abortion clinic in Montreal.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/05/29/obit-morgentaler.html
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Organ Builder
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Andrew Greeley, priest and novelist is loving and criticizing the Catholic Church from the next world.
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How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.--E.F. Benson
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Metropolitan Cyprianos Kutsumbas, President of the Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance), has gone to that place where Old Calendar, New Calendar, all are the same.
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Stetson
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quote:
Originally posted by Organ Builder:
Andrew Greeley, priest and novelist is loving and criticizing the Catholic Church from the next world.
Depending on how the celestial authorities regard salacious airport novels, he might be doing a few weeks in purgatory.
(Sorry. I know Greeley was a compassionate and scholarly individual. But those book covers were always a hoot.)
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Amazing Grace
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Ah yes, I remember reading a few steamy Greeley novels myself. He could have used an editor for story continuity but, my, he could turn a tale!
Jean Stapleton, America's favorite "dingbat", has died.
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Memory Eternal! Sheep 3, Phil the Wise Guy, and Jesus' Evil Twin in the SoF Nativity Play
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maleveque
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Jean Stapleton has died.
RIP, Edith Bunker.
- Anne L.
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Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie.
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Kelly Alves
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That's a hard one. God Bless you, Dingbat. ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
Another hadr one-- Harvey Korman went to that big sketch show in the sky on Thursday, where he will surely burst out laughing mid-scene through eternity.
A lovely tribute here.
[ 01. June 2013, 23:43: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Gosh.
We've lost a couple of dandy folk, haven't we?
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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maleveque
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# 132
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Kelly - that link is 5 years old.... Harvey Korman, rest his soul, has been dead lo, these many years.
- Anne L.
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Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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.. OK:
1. WTF is it with Facebook lately? This is the second time old obits have been going around.
2. Did I miss this the first time around? If so, How TF?
3. .. or did I not miss it the first time around, and just developed goldfish brain about it?
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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lilBuddha
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Actually....
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Hallellou, hallellou
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Jeez, can I manage to say something that's not wrong today?
[ 02. June 2013, 01:58: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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lilBuddha
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Oh, I can easily manage that. Now if I can just work out how to do it whilst speaking or writing...
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Hallellou, hallellou
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maleveque
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Esther Williams has died. The url thingummy is being weird and I can't post a link.
Also, Joey Covington of the Jefferson Airplane.
- Anne L.
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Sioni Sais
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Tom Sharpe, creator of Wilt, Blott, Skullion & co has died.
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"He isn't Doctor Who, he's The Doctor"
(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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quote:
Originally posted by maleveque:
Esther Williams has died. The url thingummy is being weird and I can't post a link.
Here's the link.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Tom Sharpe, creator of Wilt, Blott, Skullion & co has died.
![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Richard Ramirez, the infamous mass murderer/serial rapist known as the "Night Stalker", will stalk no more.
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"I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Rogue
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Nobody on our lists has died since my last report on the bottom of page four but at that time I had missed Roger Ebert who had actually been reported further up the page ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) . Nobody else spotted him either ![[Razz]](tongue.gif) .
As a result there are now three Shipmates with three names they won't be able to put on next year's list: Gwai and Mamacita join Amazing Grace. Amazing Grace and Mamacita share the lead on total points to date.
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If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside?
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Percy B
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
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Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Tom Sharpe, creator of Wilt, Blott, Skullion & co has died.
Yes I saw that and read his interesting obituary. Son of a Unitarian minister...
Any other well known authors died in recent months?
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Mary, a priest??
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The Rogue
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It has been reported elsewhere on these Boards that it is dangerous to presume the gender of any individual shipmate but I think that of the ten people to have picked more than one coffin occupier nine are female.
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If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside?
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Japes
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Ian Banks has died.
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Schroedinger's cat
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quote:
Originally posted by Japes:
Ian Banks has died.
Expected, but still very sad. One of those literary geniuses. I suspect his last books will sell well, and I do hope they can serve as a good testament to his genius.
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Blog
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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Amazing Grace
High Church Protestant
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quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
It has been reported elsewhere on these Boards that it is dangerous to presume the gender of any individual shipmate but I think that of the ten people to have picked more than one coffin occupier nine are female.
I learned valuable lessons in the Art of the Deadpool from a woman on a group I loosely followed on the Internet.
(Their "title" for the winner was MCB, for Most Cynical B******. I aspire to be an MCB With Bars on the Ship.)
Speaking of Roger Ebert, whose passing I still mourn and not because I left him off my list this year (dammit I thought he was getting better), I recently came across this tribute to him. Memory Eternal!
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Memory Eternal! Sheep 3, Phil the Wise Guy, and Jesus' Evil Twin in the SoF Nativity Play
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Sparrow
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Did anyone else have Sir Henry Cecil? I think I did.
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The Rogue
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You were the only one. Well done: 30 points.
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The Rogue
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There wouldn't have been very many points for this gentleman.
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If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside?
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Piglet
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quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
There wouldn't have been very many points for this gentleman.
I was thinking he'd only bring minus points when I read his obit.
RIP ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Helen Brush Jenkins, America's first woman news photographer, is no longer seeing through a glass, darkly, but rather face to face.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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James Gandolfini, known for his TV portrayal of mobster Tony Soprano, has entered that big Bada Bing lounge in the sky.
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"I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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The5thMary
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quote:
Originally posted by Organ Builder:
Andrew Greeley, priest and novelist is loving and criticizing the Catholic Church from the next world.
Oh, crap! I just now am seeing this! How bizarre! I've been thinking about him a lot this past week... maybe because my very Catholic uncle just died... anyway, sorry for interrupting your game...
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God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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The Rogue
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Some of the best bits of this game are the interruptions when people say things about the deceased.
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If everyone starts thinking outside the box does outside the box come back inside?
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Timothy the Obscure
Mostly Friendly
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Bobby "Blue" Bland is turning on that heavenly lovelight...
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When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
- C. P. Snow
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lilBuddha
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quote:
Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
Bobby "Blue" Bland is turning on that heavenly lovelight...
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I put on my rockin' shoes in the morning
Hallellou, hallellou
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Jack the Lass
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The "Time Team" facebook page has just announced that Mick Aston has died ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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wiblog blipfoto blog
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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quote:
Originally posted by Jack the Lass:
The "Time Team" facebook page has just announced that Mick Aston has died
That is a sad loss. He was one of those crazy people who made archeology exciting. I mean the whole program did, but Mick, in particular, showed the crazy passionate side of archeology.
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Blog
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Lord may all my hard times be healing times
take out this broken heart and renew my mind.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Richard Matheson, author of innumerable books later mined for plot by Hollywood, including The Incredible Shrinking Man and I Am Legend, has died.
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'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka
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ken
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quote:
Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
Richard Matheson, author of innumerable books later mined for plot by Hollywood, including The Incredible Shrinking Man and I Am Legend, has died.
Its been a bad few weeks for SF and fantasy writers
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Ken
L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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quote:
Originally posted by Gwai:
I was afraid you meant Nelson Mandela until I clicked the link. Now there's 6 points I would very much rather not having!
I'm getting a bunch of FB hits that he just died. I can't find official confirmation.
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I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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The5thMary
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# 12953
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
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Originally posted by Gwai:
I was afraid you meant Nelson Mandela until I clicked the link. Now there's 6 points I would very much rather not having!
I'm getting a bunch of FB hits that he just died. I can't find official confirmation.
I haven't seen any confirmation, just that he's in dire health and the clock is ticking... poor, dear man*
*The late Andrew M. Greeley was fond of having his female characters say that of their menfolk.
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God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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No one has yet mentioned notorious alleged tax evader and fugitive from justice, who was controversially pardoned by outgoing President Bill Clinton, Marc Rich, who has gone to stand before the Judge who grants no pardons.
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The Rogue
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The man who invented the mouse has died.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Robert L. Hardesty, speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson, has taken his place in the Great Society in the Great Beyond.
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"I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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Ann
Curious
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The end of the (Whicker's ) World.
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Piglet
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Anna Wing, known to Brits as Lou Beale in EastEnders, has died.
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
Dressed for Church
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Amar Bose, designer of the small high-quality radio/CD player that bears his name, won't be needing his noise-canceling headphones anymore.
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"I take prayer too seriously to use it as an excuse for avoiding work and responsibility." -- The Revd Martin Luther King Jr.
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ChaliceGirl
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Anna Wing, known to Brits as Lou Beale in EastEnders, has died.
Holy crap, she just now died?! She was looking old and ancient 20 years ago!
God bless her!
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"Welcome home." ++Katharine Jefferts Schori to me on 29Mar2009.
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