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Article: Karen Blixen's housekeeper, who lived in author's home-turned-museum, dead
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- March 11, 2003
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Dateline: COPENHAGEN, Denmark
Caroline Carlsen, the housekeeper of late writer Karen Blixen, the
author of "Out of Africa," has died. She was 92.
Carlsen, who lived at Rungstedlund estate, the writer's home-turned-
museum 25 kilometers (15 1/2 miles) north of the capital, Copenhagen,
died Tuesday, said Tor Dinesen, Blixen's nephew.
"With her disappearance, part of the soul of Rungstedlund has disappeared,
" he said. The cause of death was not given.
Carlsen was hired by Blixen, who used the pen name Isak Dinesen, in
1949 as her housekeeper and cook.
After ...