Death
Van Dam filed his will in 1746, detailing his own estate extensively. He died in New York city, in 10 June 1749.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“Nature creates while destroying, and doesnt care whether it creates or destroysas long as life isnt extinguished, as long as death doesnt lose its rights.”
—Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (18181883)
“This morning men deliver wounds and death.
They will deliver death and wounds tomorrow.
And I doubt all. You. Or a violet.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“I asked myself, Is it going to prevent me from getting out of here? Is there a risk of death attached to it? Is it permanently disabling? Is it permanently disfiguring? Lastly, is it excruciating? If it doesnt fit one of those five categories, then it isnt important.”
—Rhonda Cornum, United States Army Major. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, Perspectives page (July 13, 1992)