Thread: John le Carré has died
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Old 12-13-2020, 11:00 PM   #4
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I'm guessing that the cause of death was extreme old age. If only we could all lead such long lives.
Since he was only 2 years older than my father currently is, I'm going to describe 89 as "a good long life" rather than "extreme old age", and use that label for people who make it to triple digits
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