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From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.

Elie Wiesel

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Elie Wiesel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 30
Died: 2016
Died: July 2
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