There was a weak attempt at applause, but it died early.

有微弱的掌声，但它很快就消失了。

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Since his parents died early, he had to earn his own living when he was a teenager.

因双亲早亡， 他十几岁的时候就不得不独自谋生。

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His father owned a sweet shop in Newark, New Jersey, and died early from juvenile diabetes at the age of 47.

他的父亲在新泽西州纽瓦克市有一个糖果店，在47岁年纪就因幼年型糖尿病而英年早逝。

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Senator Kennedy died early Wednesday at his Massachusetts home.

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He ended up at City University of New York, became a full professor at age thirty three, died in his early '50s, did not lead a good life but had extraordinary discoveries.

最后他去了纽约市立大学，在33岁时成为正教授，50来岁时去世，生活过得不是很好,但有很重大的发现。

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The professor said it probably died at an early age, living only about five or six years.

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Roach died early Thursday morning in hospice care in New York after a long illness.

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Lay, 64, died early Wednesday morning of a heart attack at his vacation home in Aspen, Colo.

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Luciano Pavarotti, the most famous opera singer of our time, died early this morning at his home in Italy.

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