1.   And there is a young man, rail thin, who worked for a while in the city of Durban, but who has come home to die now.

2.   There were a few phone calls, but when the news came that she had died, I was embarrassed.

3.   When it came his time to die, Charles Augustus Lindbergh made his own arrangements.

4.   When it came time for Williams to die Wednesday, he had no last words, the authorities said.

5.   When it came time for Ghulam Mohammed to die Wednesday, he raised his eyes toward the deep blue Afghan sky.

6.   When it came time to die, the old man turned inward.

7.   When word came that she had died, I calmly jotted down the notes I needed, phoned in the story and never thought twice about it.