Franklin, who had survived breast cancer, was married and the mother of a grown son and daughter.

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By the 1970s, Serlin was a wife and mother of two--a son, Brad, and a daughter, Cindy.

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Ms Gallagher, 45, who will lose her home on Monday, said she moved to her mother's house with her daughter, 20, and son, 18, on Sunday.

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At the time, I had been a divorced, single mother of two for many years with a daughter who was 11 and a son who was 14.

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"It is with great love and heavy hearts that we say farewell to our collective Mother, with a capital M, " said her son and daughter, John Putch and Pamela Putch, in a statement.

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It has also been reported that her son and daughter, Rahul and Priyanka, were against their mother taking up the position.

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He was accompanied at today's presentation by his wife Gillian, nine-year-old daughter Aisling, six-year-old son Michael, mother Mary, father Billy and father-in-law Michael Roe.

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Edward Fandrey told reporters Sunday that police received a 911 call about 3:30 p.m. from a mother reporting that her 5-year-old son and a 7-year-old daughter disappeared from their home in Central Islip, about 50 miles east of New York City.

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