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Porter had been suffering from breast cancer for four years before her death, but "many thought she was winning the battle," according to journalist Matt
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for literature. In 2009, Porter was posthumously recognised by the website
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dedicated the first movement of his "Epitaph for string quintet (viola quintet) (2010)" in memory of
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was made from her verse novel of the same name. In 2005, her libretto
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