When his wife died at an early age he sought to communicate with her through a medium.

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When his wife Gala died in 1982, he moved to Pubol and never returned.

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Mr Ege told Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday the first he knew Yaseen had not died in a fire was when his wife told him he had collapsed on the day of the fire.

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"We mourn the passing of such an extraordinary and talented man, " said a statement from his wife Janet and his family, who were with the artist when he died Wednesday evening at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan.

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Sri Lankan-born Mr Thiyagarajah's wife, son, four daughters and several grandchildren were at his beside when he died at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Bedfordshire Police said.

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An experienced climber died when he fell while abseiling on a rock face in Morocco, as his wife watched, an inquest heard.

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Mr Biden said Senator Kennedy became a "big brother" to him when he joined the senate 36 years ago, and encouraged him to keep his seat after his wife and daughter died in a car accident.

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And the implication is that Mitt Romney bears responsibility for the death of this man's wife because he lost his insurance when the plant closed in 2001 and then, in 2006, his wife who was uninsured at the time, died of cancer.

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