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How did Benedetto Croce become an orphan?

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Benedetto Croce became an orphan in 1883 when he and his brother, Alfonso, were caught in the earthquake of Casamicciola. This tragic event shattered his stable youth, an experience he later described as a "bad dream" that left him a solitary figure for the rest of his life.1