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Death Of Loren Eiseley: A Tragedy

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The death of Loren Eiseley was truly a tragedy which occurred on July 9, 1977, after going into cardiac arrest despite a desperate surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. He was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery next to his wife who died after Eiseley. The inscription on their headstone reads, "We loved the earth but could not stay," which is a line from his poem The Little Treasures and portrays Eiseley’s lifestyle and way of thinking elegantly.

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