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widow

noun as in woman with dead husband

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More than 15 years after the death of heavy metal icon Ronnie James Dio, his widow and friends are continuing the fight against cancer on his behalf.

It was around that time that Im, who had lost his first wife to cancer, married Kim, who had also been widowed.

The 25-year-old widow, who had depended on her husband as the breadwinner, now has three young children to care for.

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Sally Taylor will receive the award as the widow of PC George Taylor, who was killed while on patrol on 30 November, 1976.

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His widow was left with three children, of whom the youngest, Mary - Donald Trump's grandmother - was less than a year old.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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