As a lifelong bachelor, he had no wife or children to mourn him, and most of his friends didn't even know he had passed.

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Finally, in accepting this Prize which is in reality a recognition of all prisoners of opinion in my country and my imprisoned or exiled colleagues, I dedicate it to my family and in particular to my wife and children.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Wadsworth had first inquired, by pointing to his fee scale, if the collector of customs wished for a portrait of the entire family, matching portraits of himself and his wife, or a joint portrait, with perhaps miniatures of the children.

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So a rich man may have to cough up lots of money (including from assets acquired before the marriage, or inherited) to house and support a wife, especially if she is looking after the children.

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Firms find it difficult to give tests, counselling and drugs to an employee, while doing nothing for his sick wife or their ailing children.

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