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Each suicidal drama occurs in the mind of a unique individual.

Edwin S. Shneidman

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Edwin S. Shneidman
Age: 91 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 13
Died: 2009
Died: May 15
Psychologist
Sociologist
Jórvík
Suicidal
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Drama
Unique
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Mind

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