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Remembering through her music

Pianist Naomi Kliman taught music for 65 years. Even Alzheimer’s can’t shake the sounds of her past.

By Linda Matchan

 |  Globe Staff  

  October 07, 2011

Naomi Kliman was a piano teacher in Dorchester and Milton for 65 years. At 82, she has Alzheimer’s disease and has forgotten everything — except her music.

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