She was always managing things, her whole life... she managed herself to death!
10 seconds sound clip from the Back for Christmas (Suspense) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:08:06 in the radio play.
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- A widower... I never thought of it in quite that way...
- Oh, I'm sorry... I, shouldn't be talking like this.
- I've often wondered what she must have been like - your wife, I mean.
- She was always managing things, her whole life... she managed herself to death!
- Poor woman. She must have loved you very much.
- But she needn't have put herself out so. It's plain to see you don't need things managed for you.
- How well you put it. The last thing on earth.
- Operator. Operator... are you there? I'm still waiting on that call to Salisbury.
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