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Tuberculosis, starvation, fatigue, and there are many who have no desire to live.

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Edward R. Murrow
Age: 59 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 25
Died: 1967
Died: April 27
Journalist
Greensboro
North Carolina
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Many
Buchenwald
Tuberculosis
Starvation
Fatigue
Desire
Live

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