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Tiffany Murphy died in 1938. Murphy later remarried Agnes L. MacAdams. With MacAdams, Murphy had one daughter and was stepfather to two sons from her first marriage. After leaving political office, Murphy spent many years as a cost accountant. He died on July 9, 1973, at his home in
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