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6. She outlived all her friends... She died on her cold kitchen floor and wasn't discovered for six months

Mon Nov 4, 2024, 10:24 AM

Nov 4

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726565/Old-age-curse-I-feel-like-half-dried-rug-purpose-rung-Heartbreaking-words-woman-outlived-loved-ones-lost-zest-life-dying-kitchen-floor.html

Her will was found with her friend's names written down as her next of kin and then crossed out as each one passed away.

She wrote of how Telstra disconnected her phone because she wasn’t using the specified amount calls of every month.

'I wasn’t getting calls from friends who are dead by now,' she explained in her notes.

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