Mary Rogers
Mary Cecilia Rogers (born c. 1820 – found dead July 28, 1841), also known as the "Beautiful Cigar Girl", was a 19th-century murder victim whose story became a national sensation in the United States. She inspired Edgar Allan Poe's pioneering detective story "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt".
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““Form follows profit” is the aesthetic principle of our times.”
—Richard Rogers (b. 1933)