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I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot.

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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
Essayist
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Literary Critic
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Novelist
Pedagogue
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Umberto Ecco
Umberto Eccounstino
Humberto Eco
Dedalus
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Jealousy
Clean
Passion
Emotionless
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Aluminum
Felt
Headed
Hollow
Pot
Nostalgia

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