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I was very surprised to hear this story carried on my local nightly news here in Philadelphia. Seems she was a Philadelphia native at one point.

• webmaven 10y ago
  I am having difficulty reconciling "native" and "at one point". Do you mean she was born in Philadelphia?
  • seibelj 10y ago
    This comment is why I love hacker news. Pendantic, yet informative.
    • radicality 10y ago
      Don't mean to be pedantic, but do you mean pedantic?
      • webmaven 10y ago
        Pedanception!
  • minopret 10y ago
    The reports at 6abc (from AP) and at nbcphiladelphia say merely "Philadelphia native". She was born July 23, 1928 in Philadelphia [1] and moved from there to D.C. at age ten [2]. [1]: https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/rubin-vera-cooper https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/rubin-vera-cooper (which lists a few references that I am not going to look up right now) [2]: http://www.marciabartusiak.com/uploads/8/5/8/9/8589314/spins_the_stars.pdf http://www.marciabartusiak.com/uploads/8/5/8/9/8589314/spins...