I find it peculiarly poignant, always, when a colleague of so many years dies.

He didn't sleep for a while after that, the same thing that happens when a colleague dies.

I learn this morning that a colleague has died.

Michael made herself remember that five colleagues had died simply because they were newspapermen.

Because of his poor judgment, his colleague had died needlessly.

In every case, colleagues and patients mysteriously fell ill or died.

Most of the hospital's staff remained inside, some falling ill, others watching their colleagues sicken and die.

"A former colleague died recently of a heart attack at 36; it has an effect on you," he said.

His colleague, the pilot, died on the second day.

It wouldn't be the first time he had hesitated and watched his colleagues die as a result.