His long life in some respects mirrored the journey of the modern South from the country's fringe to its mainstream.
His life, ending in suicide, mirrored the rise and crash of the counterculture.
Ironically, his own life mirrored the novels he painted.
Until a few months ago, Donna Bowers's life mirrored a million other women's lives.
To an extent, the sons' lives mirror their father's.
But it's not the first time real life has mirrored television .
Her early life mirrored the struggle of millions of Russian citizens as they attempted to stabilize their world.
When she returned to the show in April 1984, her character's life mirrored her own.
Davis is not recycling the platitude that literature and life mirror each other.
But if you are saying their lives should mirror the role they are acting, then that's more than a little odd.