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February 22, 2016

Italian Scholar Umberto Eco, Author of "The Name of the Rose," Dies at 84
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And the Italian scholar and author Umberto Eco, best known for his
best-selling 1980 novel "The Name of the Rose," has died at his home in
Milan. He was 84.


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