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Helen Moritz, corrected kids' LI accents, dead at 89

Helen Moritz expected a lot of things out of her children - and no excuses.

She'd supervise her three sons and three daughters as they did homework, correct their Long Island accents with gentle - or not so gentle - teasing and once criticized a guidance counselor for going too easy on her kids.

Moritz, of Sag Harbor, died Thursday morning at 89 of complications from a stroke.

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