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A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning.
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
Born: Jan 16, 1933
Died: Dec 28, 2004

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Considered, Easy, About, Shameful, Mythology, Part, Demeaning, Most, Deaths, Diseases, Fiction, Soft

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