Recent Examples on the WebAncestry’s findings, which were announced Monday (March 4), show that both Swift and the poet — who was born in 1830 and passed away at 55 years old in 1886 — are descended from the same 17th century English immigrant.—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2024 Pollard’s father also suffered from the same genetic condition and ended up passing away at 54 years old.—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024 The medium told me, ‘Your mom's giving you signs of threes,’ and my dad passed away April 3.—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024 In a cruel twist of irony, just as things were picking up for the singer-songwriter, she’s passed away–even as her breakout single is still performing well on the Billboard charts.—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 His publicist, Jeff Abraham, said Lewis passed away peacefully after a heart attack.—Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024 In 1968, exactly fifty years ago, my father passed away, leaving…
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by Iman Mersal
From Another Room to Live In: 15 Contemporary Arab Poets, which will be published this month by Litmus Press.—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024 His predecessor, Davide Renne, who took the reins from long-term designer Jeremy Scott last year, suddenly passed away in November just days into his role.—Scarlett Conlon, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024 In October 2021, Swank’s father, Stephen Michael Swank, passed away.—Jeff Conway, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
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