Death
In 2009, Yamaguchi learned that he was dying of stomach cancer. He died on January 4, 2010 in Nagasaki at the age of 93.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joyand ... to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
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“Oh! death will find me long before I tire
Of watching you.”
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