The very wealthy are usually celebrated during their lifetimes and then quickly forgotten in death. In this, as in many other respects, Adolf Merckle was an exception.

大富豪们通常都是生前轰轰烈烈，死后冷冷清清，阿道夫·默克尔在这方面如同其他许多方面一样，都是个例外。

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Those include Germany's fifth richest man, Adolf Merckle, who in January threw himself under a train in an act his family blamed on his company's "desperate situation".

其中包括在一月份卧轨自杀的德国第五富豪adolf Merckle。他的家人称其因为公司的绝境而自杀。

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Crushed by watching his life's work slip through his fingers, Adolf Merckle, the 74-year-old Swabian billionaire, walked out into the bitter cold Monday night and threw himself under a speeding train.

由于不堪目睹自己一生心血付诸东流，七十四岁的施瓦本富豪阿道夫·默克在周一夜晚的严寒中，把自己投向飞奔的列车轮下。

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On the evening of Jan. 5 Adolf Merckle, Germany's fifth-richest man, opened the door of his modest home in Blaubeuren, Germany and stepped out into the frigid air.

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Adolf Merckle, the founder of a drugs, cement and engineering conglomerate, committed suicide on January 5th after burdening his empire with heavy debts and misguided financial gambles that ultimately cost his family control.

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