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  My last dinner with Dawn Clark Netsch
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AuthorCarol Marin
MediaNewspaper - Chicago Sun-Times
News DateWednesday, March 6, 2013 05:40:00 AM UTC0:0
Description‘When in doubt,” my mother always said, “bring food.”

That’s what I did in early January, ringing the doorbell at the Chicago home of Dawn Clark Netsch, carrying homemade crab cakes, meatloaf and mashed potatoes.

Dawn, at 86, only months earlier had been diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Already it had begun to erode her ability to walk, use her hands or chew. So soft foods, comfort foods, were best.

“Get a glass of wine,” she ordered, sitting at her dining room table. “There’s some chilled white in the refrigerator. I’ll have a glass too.”

But we both knew I was there for more than dinner. I’d come so that she could think out loud about whether to do a final interview. Not just for print but for television too.
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