Mike was born in Victoria, BC and passed away at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Palliative Care Unit, after a short battle with lung cancer.
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Marilyn Colvin Davis, 80, of Lignum Virginia, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2024 in her home. She was born October 10, 1943 in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
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When Stevenson died aged just 44 on Samoa in December 1894, reportedly of a brain tumour, the Victorian literary world was reeling.
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The influence Fanny had on her husband was considerable, perhaps especially in his fine late novellas, rich in ironies about imperialism.
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Roy May passed away in Northport, Alabama. Funeral Home Services for Roy are being provided by Wills Funeral Services Inc. The obituary was featured in...
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The Treasure Island author's fairytales are finally to be published in one set, as he intended.
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The gleaming white skin and hairless head. The emaciated body carried out on a stretcher. The worshipful natives on every side,...
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