She kept working to earn more and to watch over her investments.

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There were warning signs, including chest pains, but she kept working until the morning of what would have been her friend's birthday the following April.

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Bancroft spent decades planting and tending both gardens, working in them each day alongside the three gardeners she kept on staff.

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