robert, from los angeles, had four children from a previous marriage when he met helen through friends in the early 1960s.
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in december 1972, robert and helen celebrated the birth of their only child together, son derek.
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worried about how helen was doing after doctors performed surgery on her colon the same day he was admitted, robert, whose condition stabilized, had a simple request for his nurse:
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