Umberto Eco - obituary
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Umberto Eco, who has died aged 84, became Italy’s “best known literary export” when his medieval murder mystery The Name of the Rose (1980) became a surprise international best-seller;
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Umberto Eco - obituary
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Umberto Eco - obituary
Novelist Umberto Eco dies at 84; wrote 'Name of the Rose' and 'Foucault's Pendulum' - Los Angeles Times
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Umberto Eco Dies at 84 - The Atlantic
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A shopper browses a copy of The Name of Rose by Umberto Eco in a bookstore in New York on Saturday, February 20, 2016. Eco passed away Friday at the age of
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Notable Deaths 2016: Umberto Eco - The New York Times
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Umberto Eco, the Often-Confounding Author of The Name of the Rose, Dies at 84
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Umberto Eco – On Memory, Books, and Computers – Jilanne Hoffmann
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Umberto Eco obituary, Umberto Eco
Novelist Umberto Eco dies at 84; wrote 'Name of the Rose' and 'Foucault's Pendulum' - Los Angeles Times
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From semiotics to pop culture, nothing escaped the curiosity of Umberto Eco
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Obituary: Italian author and semiotician Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco (1932-2016) – obituary and advice to young writers