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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 30 Aug 2013

    Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 74

    3:02 AM - 30 Aug 2013
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    218 replies 1,355 retweets 72 likes
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      2. Soap Was Here‏ @GarethBale22 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 74” RAMSEY.

        3 replies 28 retweets 8 likes
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      1. Jon Lee Anderson‏ @jonleeanderson 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Sad news: “@BBCBreaking: Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 74”

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      1. Richard Langston‏ @richlangston2 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        O dear, a great one gone. “@BBCBreaking: Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 74”

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      2. Greg Jericho‏Verified account @GrogsGamut 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Bugger “@BBCBreaking: Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 74”

        2 replies 3 retweets 1 like
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      2. Jack Galbraith-Edge‏ @jackgedge 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney has died aged 74” Sad news for most, but great news for GCSE English students.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. thomas‏ @tommowilko 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @jackgedge

        @jackgedge you know that his poetry will still exist now that he's died, right? The anthology will live on

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Jack Galbraith-Edge‏ @jackgedge 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @tommowilko

        @tommowilko He'll probably become even more popular.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. thomas‏ @tommowilko 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @jackgedge

        @jackgedge it worked for Jimmy Savile, he was all over the news a couple of months after he died

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. mutombo‏Verified account @MutomboDaPoet 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 74”oh my uncle!damirifa due

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      1. Kelly Heywood‏ @Kelly_Heywood 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 74” #GCSE #english

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      2. rachel‏ @rrayychel 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @LoveAllStar

        @LoveAllStar @BBCBreaking NOOOOO NOT HEANEY

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      4. rachel‏ @rrayychel 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @LoveAllStar

        @LoveAllStar it's tragic really

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. James Wickham‏Verified account @JamesWickham 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Oh no, a great shame. “@BBCBreaking: Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 74”

        1 reply 2 retweets 0 likes
      3. Will O'Hara‏ @willohara 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @JamesWickham

        @JamesWickham May the squat pen rest...

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. James Wickham‏Verified account @JamesWickham 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @willohara

        @willohara ah, good to see I wasn't the only one at Huntcliff who liked a little culture!

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Max Edwards‏ @OneChapterMore 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Irish poet and playwright Seamus Heaney, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died aged 74” @jackson12th :(

        2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      3. Paul Walsh‏ @Paul_J_P_W 30 Aug 2013
        Replying to @OneChapterMore

        @OneChapterMore @BBCBreaking @jackson12th I remember studying his poems in primary school.A four Foot Box is one of the earliest poems I did

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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