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92 year old PhD professor seeks companionship then marriage
Baton Rouge AP reports 92 year old Paul Campbell Young, LSU psychology professor emeritus, ran a first ad for companionship then refined it seeking an independent woman in her 70s or 80s to share the amenities of old age and Scrabble. Penelope Stodghill Burton, 60, answered the first ad, they met for Scrabble, seven weeks later they married. Both have had prior marriages and plan to enjoy old age together. Penny plans to quit work as a medical transcriptionist.
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