Joseph had three children. Their mother had been dead for several years.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

If there are three possibilities--dead, alive, or suspended-- to be dead, we could still say you've got to be broken, incapable of P-functioning.

如果有三种可能，生存，死亡或者假死-,要死亡的话，你必须是被破坏的状态，无法拥有人格功能性。

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The International Red Cross in Geneva says up to three million people are affected and thousands are feared dead.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

As a result,three people drowned and three others are missing and presumed dead.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Three South Korean campers, including a child, have been confirmed dead.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Taysir Dwayat is the father of Hussam Dwayat, a Palestinian construction worker who was shot dead last July when he went on a rampage with a bulldozer, killing three Israelis in Jewish West Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09