Death
Lippmann died on December 14, 1974, at age 85 in New York, New York.
He has been honored by the United States Postal Service with a 6ยข Great Americans series postage stamp.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
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Babylon! where is thy might? It is gone in the wind.
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