Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 1 July 1925

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Lee claimed to be 83 years old but the court had reason to believe he was more realistically 68 years old. Nevertheless Lee is still the oldest person executed in Virginia's electric chair.
(21 April 1916)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 1st of July 1925 99 years ago He Kept His Letters Stored
Pianist and composer Erik Satie born as Éric Alfred Leslie Satie dies of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 59 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. After his death Satie's friends discovered an apartment replete with squalor and chaos. Among many other unsorted papers and miscellaneous items, it contained a large number of umbrellas and two grand pianos placed one on top of the other, the upper instrument used as storage for letters and parcels.