When she had just become a mother, when her life seemed to be just begun and when the years seemed so bright before her, then by a strange and terrible fare death came to her.

当她刚成为母亲的时候，她的生活看上去才刚刚开始，未来还有无数美好的日子等待着她。但是突如其来，可怕的死亡就降临在她身上。

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Her death,following surgery for a heart condition, came just weeks before Danny's 2008 "American Idol" audition.

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The 39-year-old war corespondent had filed copy on the discovery of a potentially dangerous chemicals factory just hours before her death.

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She was also asked about a burn which can been seen on Millie's finger in photos taken just days before her death.

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She didn't stop performing until she was 72 and choreographed one of her rare light-hearted works, Maple Leaf Rag, just a year before her death.

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