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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def dead(self):
 """Returns True if this entity no longer exists in the underlying model. """

        return (
            self.data is None or
            self.model.state.entity_data(
                self.entity_type, self.entity_id, -1) is None
        )