immortality

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After his arrest he protested his innocence, but during his two-week trial it emerged that he was obsessed with vampires and wanted to become one in a quest for immortality.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

“Larry’s not talking” was a familiar refrain to NBA journalists during the 13 seasons he achieved immortality playing for the Celtics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

He is one of the few people of his age equipped to recognize the scale of Mozart’s achievement, but the fragility of his ego and his obsession with music immortality stand in his way.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

And his desire for secular immortality didn’t mean he was pretending to have lofty republican sensibilities.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

This explained the mechanics of HeLa’s immortality: telomerase constantly rewound the ticking clock at the end of Henrietta’s chromosomes so they never grew old and never died.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot