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Birth and death are the most singular events we experience - and the contemplation of death, as of birth, should be a thing of beauty, not ignobility.
Jacob K. Javits
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Jacob K. Javits
Age: 81 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 18
Died: 1986
Died: March 7
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New York City
New York
Jacob K. Javits
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