In her 2000 memoir Wynette's daughter Jackie Daly published that her mother had confessed to her that the kidnapping was a hoax to cover up domestic violence from her fifth husband George Richey. Richey denied the allegation. (4 October 1978)
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Tuesday 19th of December 1848 (-) — Poet and writer Emily Brontë dies of tuberculosis. Though Brontë's condition worsened steadily she rejected medical help and all offered remedies saying that she would have "no poisoning doctor" near her.
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