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It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Doctors
Dying
Duty
Life
Prolonging
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