That authority ends at death, however, notes Franchelle Millender, an elder-law attorney in Columbia, S.C.

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Most important, it ends with death.

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Right before comes a more typical Oberst opus, "Danny Callahan, " a reflection on love and solitude that ends with the death of a child.

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If the cohabitation ends by the death of one of the couple and if the deceased left no will, then the survivor can make a rather bigger claim based on several different factors, such as the length of time the couple were together.

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More than the death of a human being, this ends the life of a powerful symbol of terrorism and destruction, said Nadine Kaslow, psychologist at Emory University.

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And often a career of great promise ends suddenly, in breakdown or death.

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Mr Roe ends his story in 1822, when the death of Shelley, by then Hunt's dearest friend, closed the most productive part of his life.

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Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, the most solemn season on the church's liturgical calendar that ends with Holy Week, when the faithful commemorate the death of Christ and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.

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But Bloomberg, whose third term as mayor ends next year, has the resources to change both the conversation and the death tally.

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The book ends with a description of the sexagenarian Sewall's courtings after his wife's death.

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