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Maryann Gray spent her life advocating for people who accidentally killed others

Maryann Gray founded an organization and support group for people who had unintentionally killed or seriously injured others. She died recently at the age of 68.
Maryann Gray founded the Hyacinth Fellowship, which also does research on unintentional deaths.

In July 2003, an 86-year-old man mistakenly drove his car through a farmer's market in Santa Monica, California, and killed 10 people.

The public was enraged. Some called him a murderer.

Local resident Maryann Gray heard about the incident and wrote into NPR. Not with outrage, but with compassion.

"Like most people, I'm horrified and saddened by the devastating car accident," Gray wrote in a letter . "My heart

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