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A father's death is the most important event, the more heartbreaking and poignant loss in a man's life.

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Sigmund Freud
Age: 83 †
Born: 1856
Born: May 6
Died: 1939
Died: September 23
Essayist
Neurologist
Philosopher
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Freiberg
Sigismund Schlomo Freud
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Father
Death
Important
Men
Poignant
Life
Heartbreaking

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