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He died at age 63...
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He died at age 63. Like so many these days, he suffered for
weeks with a debilitating disease, and to the people who suffered
with him, death came as a blessing, a relief from the pain and
struggle. He had been a churchman, held every office a layman
could hold in a large metropolitan church: usher, lay reader,
council chairman. Whenever the church was open, he was there,
usually first, and with the key in his hand. No one could doubt
that this man was met at the gates of heaven, first by Peter with
weeks with a debilitating disease, and to the people who suffered
with him, death came as a blessing, a relief from the pain and
struggle. He had been a churchman, held every office a layman
could hold in a large metropolitan church: usher, lay reader,
council chairman. Whenever the church was open, he was there,
usually first, and with the key in his hand. No one could doubt
that this man was met at the gates of heaven, first by Peter with
