But her book also tells a more universal story - of a mother's love and a mother's loss, and a tribute to a young life that was cut short before its time.

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It is a tragedy that her life was cut short.

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She faced both affection and loathing during her few short years in the public eye, before her life was tragically cut short at a very young age.

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Countless works on paper, including one seemingly endless scroll, attest to his near-compulsive need to draw, expressing a joy for life that was tragically cut short.

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Instead, her life was tragically cut short in a hail of gunfire outside a Safeway supermarket.

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It's just a tragedy that someone's life has been cut short.

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Yet, there is anecdotal evidence that they suffer disproportionately from a variety of physical and mental-health disorders that cut short playing days and possibly even their life span.

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Hurley's career, however, was cut short due to the lingering effects of the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a car crash during his rookie NBA season.

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