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East Side cigarette fire kills author, 78 

An elderly art collector and writer was killed in her upper East Side apartment Saturday when a fire erupted while she was smoking in bed.

The blaze engulfed Marilyn Kaytor's third-floor apartment at 111 E. 79th St. shortly before 7 a.m., forcing neighbors out of their homes. . . .

Kaytor, 78, wrote books on home entertaining and a history of the '21' Club. She lived alone and was reclusive, neighbors said.

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