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I wrote to my father-in-law to ask about the therapy session, and he said “I don’t recall going. Possibly blocked out.”

The family said their "darling husband", father, grandfather, father-in-law and brother "peacefully slipped away surrounded by his loved ones and the sounds of The Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly".

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A man due to provide security at the synagogue attacked by a knifeman had only avoided being there due to a late rota swap, his father-in-law said.

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She credits conversations around the breakfast table with her husband and father-in-law, both prominent civil rights lawyers, with inspiring her to pursue a law career.

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One woman, Tala al-Deeb, said four of the bodies were her sister's husband and two children, as well as her sister's father-in-law.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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