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on february 11, 2013, benedict xvi announced his retirement from his position of pope, citing advancing age and ill health as the reasons. he became the first pope to resign since gregory xii in 1415, who had resigned in an attempt to resolve a conflict between three rival claimants to the papacy.
on april 30, johnny wilson returned home from at four in the morning, as he often did. he was surprised to hear the television on, as jenny, as much television as she watched and as late as she watched it, was usually in bed at that time.
when johnny entered the small living room, the old black and white tv show perry mason was on the screen, and perry was saying to the judge, i have no more questions for this witness. jenny was slightly slumped in her chair. she had had a heart attack and died three hours earlier, watching the big valley. she was seventy years old, had become very heavy, had not worked in years and did not get out of the house much, with johnny doing most of the shopping, mostly at wal-mart where he worked.
johnny sold the little house where he had lived his whole life, and moved into a small apartment only a couple of miles from the wal-mart. the apartment was above an old-fashioned neighborhood bar called billy’s. johnny became a regular at it.
51. 2014
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