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Queen Of Bowery Dies In New York City
Mazie Philips known as the Queen of the Bowery dies after long illness at Lenox Hill Hospital. For over 65 years she handed out advice money and sympathy to derelicts on skid row. She once said she preferred sleeping in a gutter over missions. Funeral planned in Worden Massachusetts.
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