Death
Dahrendorf died in Cologne, Germany, aged 80, on 17 June 2009, after suffering from cancer.
He is survived by his third wife, three daughters, and one grandchild.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“When Death to either shall come
I pray it be first to me.”
—Robert Bridges (18441930)
“A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.”
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Babylon! where is thy might? It is gone in the wind.
Happy in death are they only whose hearts have consigned
All Earths affections and longings and cares to the wind.”
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