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52 years in 11 days: A son, facing death, finds his father

By Reid J. Epstein
New York Times·
11 mins to read
52 years in 11 days: A son, facing death, finds his father
Sam Anthony, left, with his birth father, Craig Nelson, at Anthony's home in August. Photo / Debra Steidel Wall via The New York Times

After struggling with cancer for years, Sam Anthony was running out of time. Before he died, he found the courage to mail a letter that he had long been afraid to send.

Three weeks before he died, Sam Anthony, 52, mailed his last wishes to a man he had never

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