Generate a topic word for the given sentence. A topic word is usually the name of a person, place, animal, concept or object the sentence is focusing on.
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Question: irving wayne hardin (march 23, 1926 – april 12, 2017) was an american football player and coach.

Answer: wayne hardin


Question: a marriage proposal is when one person in a relationship asks the other person to marry them.

Answer: marriage proposal


Question: erasmus, full name desiderius erasmus roterodamus, (27 october, probably 1466 in rotterdam – 12 july 1536 in basel) was a dutch humanist, theologian and philosopher.

Answer:
erasmus