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Yesterday: my old dog, Kim, has cancer, and I have to let him die now.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2008 source ↗
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Kelsey Grammer
American actor
Thirty seconds ago. I cry a lot. I find great solace in it.
Donny Osmond
American singer, dancer, actor, television host
Last Monday was a really emotional day for me: my last son graduated from high school and he’s going on a mission for the Mormon Church soon. I’ve already experienced it four times with my other sons: my oldest went to London, my second son to Italy, my third to Scotland and my fourth the Netherlands. They come back, but the little boy stays out there. He never comes back.
On stage at the Brixton Academy on the third night of the residency I did there. I walked out and could not stop crying, some sort of mad relief that it’s all paid off and it’s all been worth it.
Paul Theroux
American travel writer and novelist
The death of my father in May 1995.
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Dying in a plane crash and having somebody else get top billing.
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