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When your father dies: there's no way to predict how you'll react to the death of your dad. Here, four women talk about what it's like to live without the first man they ever loved.(Real-Life Reads)

Cosmopolitan

| April 01, 2004 | Davis, Ruth G. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

* In the year and a half since Gwyneth Paltrow's father died suddenly from complications of throat cancer, the 31-year-old actress has turned down movie roles to travel with her guy, Chris Martin of Coldplay, got pregnant, and got married (in that order). That's quite a lot from a woman who, looking back at how she felt about the loss of her dad, admits, "I didn't think I was going to live."

As strange as it may sound, it's not at all unusual for a woman's life to take a positive turn after her father passes away, no matter how much she loved him. And one of the most common results is getting more serious with a gray, according to Clea Simon, the author of ...

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