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Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved
Iris Murdoch
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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Dublin city
Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
Impenetrable
Bereavement
Grief
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Suffering
Love
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