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:
“The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.”
—Georg Büchner (1813–1837)
“... the heart monitor,
the death cricket bleeping.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)