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America crowned final nineteen years incalculable contribution development world centre world embracing faith. Praying shrines bountiful reward his noble soul throughout progress Abha Kingdom. Express loving sympathy valiant beloved widow partner his services and bereaved children. Advise hold befitting memorial gatherings everywhere Bahá'í world and commemorative services all Mashriqul Adhkars.
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in August 1980. Although treatment caused his illness to go into remission for a year, it became apparent that the diagnosis was terminal. In the final year of his life, Gibson visited his children some of whom were ‘pioneering’ Bahá'í teachings around the world. He resigned from the
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