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Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali “wants to die, but people won’t let him go in peace,” said bandleader Xavier Cugat, who recently visited the artist. Cugat, a close friend, is among the few who see the reclusive Dali, 83. Cugat said the painter could no longer read or paint and was being fed through a tube. Dali has been a near-recluse since longtime companion Gala Dianocoff’s death in 1982.