Death
Gellhorn died in London in 1998, aged 89, committing suicide by drug overdose after a long battle with cancer and near total blindness. The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism was established in her honor.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“Because you live, O Christ,
the spirit bird of hope is freed for flying,
our cages of despair no longer keep us closed and life-denying.
The stone has rolled away and death cannot imprison!
O sing this Easter Day, for Jesus Christ has risen!”
—Shirley Erena Murray (20th century)
“Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)
“It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.”
—Ambrose (c. 333–397)