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Robert Hübner
German chess player, chess writer, and papyrologist (1948–2025).
Born November 6th, 1948 in Cologne.
Died January 5th, 2025 at 76 years old in Cologne (stomach cancer). [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel