Poet Seamus Heaney passes away aged 74

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http://www.thejournal.ie/ddd-1061259-Aug2013/?utm_source=shortlink



IRISH POET AND playwright Seamus Heaney has died at the age of 74.

He was one of Ireland’s best known and best-loved poets, often compared to W.B. Yeats.

The Nobel literature laureate recently suffered from ill health, and was reported to have collapsed earlier this week.

Tributes are pouring in for the 74-year-old, who leaves behind his wife Marie and three children

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1. Seamus Heaney- The Yellow Bittern

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2. Seamus Heaney Reads 'Death of a Naturalist'

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3. In 'Human Chain,' Nobel-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney {pbs news hour interview}

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