Bob Marley died young, but he managed to avoid many of the most common pitfalls and pratfalls of rock martyrdom.

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Ulster Unionist deputy leader Danny Kennedy said Archbishop Eames had been a rock of decency and common sense and a respected ambassador for Northern Ireland.

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This, as much as her longing for concealment, fed her empathy with Hollywood's misfits, to whom she offered simple, common kindness: Montgomery Clift, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Michael Jackson, the homosexuals-in-hiding and would-be children whose secrets she heard and kept.

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Rock-bottom lease prices are another common tactic.

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The most common question, though, concerned the date etched into the rock's surface.

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