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The stigma of self-inflicted death is for some people a hateful blot that demands erasure at all costs.

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William Styron
Age: 81 †
Born: 1925
Born: June 11
Died: 2006
Died: November 1
Military Personnel
Novelist
Writer
Newport News
Virginia
William Clark Styron
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Death
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