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[17] Death, being sorrowful and ugly, was therefore denied. Expressing sadness or emotional turmoil, Ariès argues, is likely to be equated with bad manners, mental instability, and unnecessary morbidity. Referencing anthropologist Geoffrey Gorer, Ariès states that death has replaced sex as western society's greatest taboo. Children are less ...
Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith, DL (16 April 1924 – 11 August 2010) was a British Conservative politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1959 to 2001, with only a brief interruption in the 1960s.
Cal McCrystal is an Irish theatre director and actor. He is the brother of the journalist Damien McCrystal and the son of the journalist and writer Cal McCrystal. Following an early career acting in theatre, television, radio plays and commercials, McCrystal became a director specialising in comedy.
1988: Wilfred Cantwell Smith — Transcendence; 1989: Caroline Walker Bynum — Bodily Miracles and the Resurrection of the Body in the High Middle Ages; 1990: Stephen J. Gould — (title unavailable, but see for summary) 1991: Lawrence Sullivan — Death at Harvard and Death in America; 1993: Marian Wright Edelman — Leave No Child Behind
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Kansas native Clare Harner (1909–1977) first published "Immortality" in the December 1934 issue of poetry magazine The Gypsy [1] and was reprinted in their February 1935 issue. It was written shortly after the sudden death of her brother. Harner's poem quickly gained traction as a eulogy and was read at funerals in Kansas and Missouri.
Harry Potter fans have picked up on a connection between Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon that goes past their beloved film roles.. The two actors died on the exact same date — Sept. 27 ...
— James Buchanan, president of the United States (1 June 1868) "I have my death wound, General. I am shot and dying... Yes, Good night... My poor mother." [4] — Fredrick Henry Beecher, United States Army lieutenant (September 1868), mortally wounded at the Battle of Beecher Island "One thousand greetings to Balakirev." [10]: 36 [20] [note 81]