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  "id": 15798027,
  "title": "The death of a public intellectual: Patrick Dele Cole, 1940–2026, By Reuben Abati",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/the-death-of-a-public-intellectual-patrick-dele-cole-1940-2026-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T20:54:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/918676-the-death-of-a-public-intellectual-patrick-dele-cole-1940-2026-by-reuben-abati.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Death is a fact of life, no living thing exists forever, not even nature itself, for it is written that even the best and the brightest, shall pass to the Great Beyond, to become one with Nature and the Grand Architect, to be remembered on this side of the Divide, thereafter by their deeds. And […] The post The death of a public intellectual: Patrick Dele Cole, 1940–2026, By Reuben Abati appeared…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}