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alcoholism
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Fitzgerald died young at age 44 in 1940, a victim of his alcoholism and life’s other demons that haunted him in his lifetime, such as his wife Zelda being institutionalized from 1930 until her death at age 47 in 1948.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026 -
Mark Chesnutt's alcoholism nearly cost him his life.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Morphinism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morphinism. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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