Barbara Mikulski Quotes

My own father had died of Alzheimer's. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy.

Barbara Mikulski

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• My own father had died of Alzheimer's. George [Mitchell] had been also, I think, deeply moved by a similar tragedy.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Father
  • Tragedy
  • Died