Merle's death in a farming accident in 1985 was an unimaginable loss, personally and professionally.

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Swedish Artemis team member Magnus Augustson told Sweden's daily newspaper Aftonbladet he was shaken by the accident and greatly saddened by the loss of a friend.

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The loss of flight 1103 was supposedly an accident.

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"All of us at BP deeply regret the tragic loss of life caused by the Deepwater Horizon accident as well as the impact of the spill on the Gulf coast region, " said Bob Dudley, BP's chief executive.

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In our society many of us are comfortable paying for property insurance (car, home, etc) and writing off the sure loss as payment for financial security in case of an accident.

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Previously the worst accident in aviation history was a Turkish airlines crash near Paris with the loss of 346 lives.

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Recent studies have found that after the loss of a loved one, the risk of dying from an accident, violence or drug and alcohol-related event drastically increases as well.

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The European Union's Major Accident Hazards Bureau reckons that 28% of all reported major accidents involving a 'loss of containment' are due to ageing.

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The young actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who looks a little like Keanu Reeves, only smarter, is Chris Pratt, a Midwestern high-school jock and rich kid who hurt his head in a car accident (it was his fault) and now suffers from short-term-memory loss.

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