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- ↑ Jennifer Schuessler "Canadian Philosopher Wins $1 Million Prize", The New York Times (October 4th, 2016).
- ↑ Ellen Meiksins Wood, author and wife of Ed Broadbent, dead at 73 Archived 2016-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Umberto Eco, Author of 'The Name of the Rose,' Dead at 84
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