Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 12 May 1957

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

I made a metal mask which was fixed to my head. While Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven read a text about willpower, I pulled myself forward with the mask by a rope. The sound of my breathing was electronically amplified through a throat-microphone.
(16 March 1987)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2083 other events about 5734 people in 6443 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 12th of May 1957 68 years ago
Film director Erich von Stroheim born as Erich Oswald Stroheim aka The Man You Love to Hate dies of cancer at the age of 72 in Allée Eric Von Stroheim, Maurepas, Île-de-France, France.