Death
Fussell died of natural causes on May 23, 2012 at a long-term care facility in Medford, Oregon near his home of Portland, Oregon, where he had lived for the last two years. He was 88.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
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A wise thing, but which has no purpose for us.”
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