Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 13 October 1961

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

Starkweather later accused his girlfriend Caril Fugate of performing a coup-de-grace after his shotgun jammed. They were arrested when their stolen car stalled and Starkweather got hit by shattered glass from the windshield as pursuing officers chased him. Converse County Sheriff Earl Heflin said "He thought he was bleeding to death. That's why he stopped. That's the kind of yellow son of a bitch he is."
(29 January 1958)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 13th of October 1961 63 years ago
Experimental filmmaker Maya Deren born as Eleanora Derenkowskaia dies of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 44 in New York City, New York, United States. Deren's brain haemorrhage was brought on by extreme malnutrition. There were also rumors of a Voodoo curse and the use of suspect vitamin shots from Dr. Max Jacobson aka 'Doctor Feelgood'.