“I will probably die singing.”
Miriam Makeba (1932–2008) South African singer and civil rights activist
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“Swans sing before they die— 't were no bad thing
Should certain persons die before they sing.”
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Should certain persons die before they sing." by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
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