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lymphoma at her home in Gladwyne, Pa., her daught
er, Maria Tinney Dagit, said.
Besides her daughter, Ms. Lewis is survived by two
grandsons and her half-brothers, Christopher and
Peter Lewis. Her marriage to Mr. Tinney ended in d
ivorce.
In a 2001 interview on CNN with Larry King, Ms. Le
wis recalled speaking to her mother about her earl
y life.
"I was also asking her about being adopted," she s
aid, "as adopted children do. They say, ‘Where are
my ... ‘’ "
Mr. King interjected, " ‘Who’s my mother?’ "
"Yes," Ms. Lewis said. " ‘Who’s my mother? Who’s m
y father?’ And she would answer it very easily by
saying, ‘I couldn’t love you any more than if you
were my own child,’ which, of course, didn’t answe
r the question, but it said, ‘Don’t ask the questi
on.’ "
But at that point Ms. Lewis was wistful about her
past. "Call of the Wild," she said, was one of her
favorite movies. The love scenes between her pare
nts, she said, "show the love they feel for each o
ther."
Mr. King asked if she ever fantasized about the li
fe she might have had if her parents had married a
nd brought her up.
"I would have liked them to have," she replied. "B
ut that is just my dream, you know. Life is very s
trange. Doesn’t give us what we want."
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