Deaths
- April 6 — Edgar Ablowich (84), American sprinter (b. 1913)
- August 17 — Władysław Komar (58), Polish shot putter (b. 1940)
- September 16 — John Systad (86), Norwegian long-distance runner (b. 1912)
- December 2 — Mikio Oda (93), Japanese athlete (b. 1905)
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“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)
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we do not break the panes of safety glass
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