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I hope you're sitting down
:42:05
because I'm afraid l
got some bad news
:42:12
Since I last wrote to you
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"my wife, Helen
your host mother"
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passed away very suddenly from
a blood clod in her brain
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The services were lovely and
very well attended
:42:37
Ginny came in from Denver
with her friend
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folks drove up from as far
away as from Demon Wichita
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a very moving tribute any
way you look at it
:42:48
I wish you could
have been there
:42:54
but now all the
excitement is over
:42:59
and the smoke is clear
:43:03
just me and my thoughts
knocking around
:43:12
I believe I mentioned
in my previous letter
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that I was an actuary
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in one of the
world insurance company
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" If I were given a man's age
race, profession"
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place of residence
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marital status and
medical history
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I can calculate
with great probability
:43:32
how long that man
will live
:43:37
In my own case
now that my wife has died
:43:40
there is 73% chance
I will die in 9 years
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provided that
I do not remarry
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all I know is
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I got to make best of
whatever time I have left