Death
Cockburn died in Bad Salzhausen, Germany after suffering from cancer for two years. He was 71.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
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—Henry Miller (1891–1980)
“All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life.”
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