"I thought he was dead, " she said.

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He thought of the completed "Dead Souls" as a catechism of sorts that would save the Russian soul.

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Mr Pistorius denies deliberately shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp earlier this month, saying he thought she was an intruder.

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Shaq burned bridges with almost every team he left and his feud with Kobe Bryant is the stuff of legend (many thought it was dead until this Shaq freestyle rap performance surfaced).

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"We wouldn't be here today if we thought that it was dead and buried and the season was over and done with, " he told BBC Tees.

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