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The death of the patient is always an ordeal for the analyst, and sometimes a traumatic experience involving a sense of revolt, guilt and helplessness. This text, aimed at opening up the discussion after two deeply moving communications, looks at the difficulty for the analyst in renouncing his illusions of power, and of submitting to the reality of common mortal destiny, at the price of renouncing certain pillars of his or her usual working framework.