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==Death==

==Death==

Christopher Hitchens died on December 15, 2011. The media has reported that the cause of his death was pneumonia, a complication of oesophageal cancer.<ref>Minzesheimer, Bob. "Writer Christopher Hitchens dies at age 62." USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-12-16/obit-hitchens/51999910/1</ref> The cancer was likely caused by his heavy drinking and smoking. Hitchens, during the last period of his life, conducted himself with pride and self-respect, refusing to bow down to religious apolgists and fundamentalists who either sought to 'save his soul' or revelled in his imminent departure to hell. He remained true to his life-long devotion to logic, reason and truth and demonstrated how an atheist may die in peace, assured that he is right, and always has been.

Christopher Hitchens died on December 15, 2011. The media has reported that the cause of his death was pneumonia, a complication of oesophageal cancer.<ref>Minzesheimer, Bob. "Writer Christopher Hitchens dies at age 62." USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-12-16/obit-hitchens/51999910/1</ref> The cancer was likely caused by his heavy drinking and smoking. Hitchens, during the last period of his life, conducted himself with pride and self-respect, refusing to bow down to religious apolgists and fundamentalists who either sought to 'save his soul' or revelled in his imminent departure to hell. He remained true to his life-long devotion to atheism and demonstrated how an atheist may die in peace regardless of the correctness of his beliefs.

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