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Margaret Mead
American anthropologist.
Born December 16th, 1901 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died November 15th, 1978 at 76 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Occupations
anthropologist, curator, film director, writer
Wikipedia
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius