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>That is, as opposed to the gentleman having a known pre-existing condition likely to cause death.
Commonly referred to as life.
But "untimely demise" is still a stale phrase best left outlest one want to suffer the scorn of the discerning copy editor, whose blue pencil unmercifully spreads Boston Brahmin blood across foolscap.
TEd -- who grew up with the smell of paste in his nostrils from the real cutting and pasting that went on in the newsroom
TEd
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