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Col. Roberts dies at 81. Remembered as a warrior, a gentleman and the father of television celebrities, Col. Lawrence Roberts died at his home Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 81 and had recently celebrated his 57th wedding anniversary with his wife, Lucimarian.

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