Mozart's body was said to be so swollen in his dying days that he could not even turn over in bed.
One effect of such an honor, in addition to giving a grand old man overdue recognition in his dying days, is to inspire younger thinkers to make such intellectual contributions.
McCutcheon's goal was his final involvement in the game as he received his second caution in the dying seconds of the contest to leave Cavan with only 13 players.
It was fitting that Lampard rounded off the rout with his fourth goal in the dying seconds, turning home his effort inside the area as Villa gave every impression of a side who simply could not wait for the whistle to sound.
Stanley had his vices and personal problems and did not live long after the trial, dying in his sleep at age 47 when his heart gave out in 2007.
But pro-euthanasia campaign group Dignity in Dying said his advice was "irresponsible" and illegal.
Alonso, who had been conspicuously quiet during practice, suddenly unleashed his pace in the dying minutes of practice to topple Massa.
But at that moment, the thought of him dying in his element, with the man he'd mentored for ten years, was a comfort to me.
Far from the farmer bearing the heartache of a colt dying in his arms or poor weather wiping out a crop, he has somehow managed to transfer the risk to you.
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West Ham midfielder Jack Collison, who declared himself ready to play despite his father dying in a motorcycle accident on Sunday, was one of several players who pleaded with fans to get back to the stands.
Yet in the dying days of his relatively short eight-year papacy, Pope Benedict XVI has been putting out new coded phrases which, upon analysis, reveal the extent of his frustration at the administrative infighting he has had to endure among mainly Italian careerist clerics inside the Vatican.
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The Red Arrows lost two pilots in 2011 with Flt Lt Cunningham dying in November and pilot Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, from Rutland, dying when his Hawk aircraft came down after performing at an air show near Bournemouth airport in Dorset in August.
David Elebert could have claimed the points for Accies in the dying minutes, but his header inched wide.
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But Cane cropped up in the dying seconds to give his side the points with just three games remaining.
That set up a frantic finale and Mark Tinkler could have won the game and the title for Hartlepool in the dying seconds, but his header was well saved by Billy Turley.
Charles Dickens lived in Medway from 1817 to 1822 and returned to the area for the last 13 years of his life, dying at Gads Hill in 1870.
Speaking to the European broadcaster RTL in 2011, Hessel gave his thoughts on dying.
The ref ordered Dixon to seek treatment in the dying minutes after badly injuring his ankle and the former Dundee man played no further part in the game.
So strong are the family bonds that a male orca has a 14 times greater chance of dying in the year after his mother dies because of his struggle to feed himself.
Or maybe it was more like Rocky going into the ring with Clubber Lang, unable to focus on the fight as his beloved Mick lay dying in the training room from the heart attack suffered just before the bell rang for the first round.
The second recounts a family dinner during his childhood at which his mother, then in her 40s and dying of multiple sclerosis, struggled desperately to enjoy her meal.
And when Harris knocked over his second kick of the game in the dying seconds, the game - and the precious two Tri-Nations points - were safe for Britain.
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Albom was surprised and saddened to learn that Morrie was dying and quickly got in touch with his old professor.
Humphreys missed an easier kick in the dying seconds of the first half, but his side continued in the ascendency after the break.
Decades later, when both were in their 40s, Moreno's dying father told his son the truth about those summer holidays: Both families were paying annual installments to a Catholic nun.
Hazard finished calmly in the game's dying stages when sprung through on goal and the Belgian then teed up Torres for his sixth goal in five games.
In his words, he is fortunate enough to know he is dying, to take stock of his life as it comes to an end.
He visited Mr Bouazizi in the hospital where he lay dying, offered compensation to his family and sacked the provincial governor as well as a government minister.
That proved costly as in the dying moments of the first-half Forssell poached his team's second goal, prodding in from two yards out after Jerome rose clear at the near post to flick on Larsson's left-wing corner.
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