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Hamlin’s 75-year-old father Dennis, who was terminally ill at the time of the fire, suffered injuries and was pronounced dead the next day.
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Caimor’s wealthiest citizens can transfer their Pith, or consciousness, into a chassis, or new body, modified to their every whim… or the poor but terminally ill, like nine-year-old Anabelle, can be transferred into a black-market, stock-model Edgar body in order to save her life.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
An avid outdoorsman who vanished off North Carolina’s Outer Banks was terminally ill, according to family members.
—Mark Price
january 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2026
Kelson guides Spike’s terminally ill mother to a graceful death, and shows him how to honor her memory.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
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Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Caimor’s wealthiest citizens can transfer their Pith, or consciousness, into a chassis, or new body, modified to their every whim… or the poor but terminally ill, like nine-year-old Anabelle, can be transferred into a black-market, stock-model Edgar body in order to save her life.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
An avid outdoorsman who vanished off North Carolina’s Outer Banks was terminally ill, according to family members.
—Mark Price
january 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2026
Kelson guides Spike’s terminally ill mother to a graceful death, and shows him how to honor her memory.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Terminally ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terminally%20ill. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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