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Introduction: “Edna St. V. Millay Found Dead At 58”
“AUSTERLITZ, N.Y., Oct. 19--Edna St. Vincent Millay, the famous poet, was found dead at the foot of the stairs in her isolated home near here at 3:30 P. M. today.
Her physician said she died of a heart attack after a coronary occlusion. She was 58 years old.
She was dressed in a nightgown and slippers when her body was found by James Pinnie, a caretaker, who had arrived to fix a fire for the evening. The Columbia County coroner estimated that she had been dead for eight hours. Her nearest neighbor lived a mile away.” long pause “Im glad to be dead.
Transition: What you have to understand is how much pain I was in.”
Story: My Career was over, I knew better than to believe those who told me

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