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Defend Truth

Sharon DeWitte

Email: [email protected]

Old age isn’t a modern phenomenon – many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too

Magazine, Maverick Life

Old age isn’t a modern phenomenon – many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too

by: Sharon DeWitte

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