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Cured about first person to have passed away (8)

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I believe the answer is:

remedied

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'cured about first person to have passed away' is the definition.
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'about first person to have passed away' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 're' ('re' means regarding or about).
'first person' becomes 'me' (first-person pronoun).
'to have' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'passed away' becomes 'died' ('die' can be a synonym of 'pass away').
're'+'me'+'died'='REMEDIED'

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(Other definitions for remedied that I've seen before include "Put right" , "sorted out" .)

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