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- ↑ "She Made Friends With Death : Catherine Butterfield wrote 'Joined at the Head,' a play about a brave friend dying of cancer. But that wasn't enough. She then decided she had to play the friend. It turned out to be good therapy and, incidentally, a hit". Los Angeles Times . 6 February 1994. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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