After a death, the next-of-kin are asked about end-of-life medical costs and whether the late lamented did leave something to the family.

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Dan Stevens, the late, lamented heartthrob of the wildly popular PBS series, Downton Abbey, is slumming it these days, portraying a Brooklyn drug trafficker in a new film currently being shot in Brooklyn.

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Spanish chef Ferran Adria, the man behind the late, lamented elBulli restaurant, is bringing an exhibition dedicated to the art and science of his distinctive brand of molecular gastronomy to London.

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Still, as with many of these systems, communities of die-hard gamers have found refuge on the web with other like-minded individuals, devoted to breathing some new life into their late, lamented handhelds.

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