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She was such a good loving mother, my best friend. Oh, who was happier than I when I could still say the dear name Mother, and it was heard, and whom can I say it to now?

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Age: 56 †
Born: 1770
Born: December 16
Died: 1827
Died: March 26
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Bonn
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L. van Beethoven
Ludvig van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Ludwik van Beethoven
Louis van Beethoven
L. v. Beethoven
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