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Elements of Life

On Wednesday, a prominent farmer’s house caught fire (here and here). He and his wife got out, due to smoke detectors waking them, but he went back in. He didn’t leave.

On Thursday, trucking magnate J.B. Hunt died, several days after slipping on ice outside his home (here and here).

Now, both were men up in years, so should have been expected to have passed in a more conventional and peaceful way. Yet, one was by fire, and one was by ice. -30-

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