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Danielle JonesTrinidad & Tobago
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DatosFavoRate: ** Nombre: Yanina Gonzalez |
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Caribbean Status: UN Country Capital City: Port-of-Spain Main Cities: San Fernando, Scarborough Population: 1,292,000 Area [sq.km]: 5,130 Currency: 1 Trinidad and Tobago dollar = 100 cents Languages: English, Spanish Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim |
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A seven-year-long battle with liver cancer
was coming to a close. After almost two weeks of palliative care at the
hospital, Denise Jones, mother of Miss Trinidad and Tobago, Danielle
Jones, was brought to her Flagstaff home by her family. Three fridays ago
as Danielle Jones rushingly prepared for an engagement in Point Fortin,
her mother called for her and said, simply, "late". She had distilled into one word the sentiment by which she lived and swore. "The dead bury the dead," she had often reiterated. "Life is to be lived." Jones left knowing that her mother could die that night. And she did. "I didn't cry or scream. Mom fought a hard fight. For her to go in her home, surrounded by loved ones, having told everyone goodbye...she won." |
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