Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 August 1850

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Hughes died on board an aircraft owned by Robert Graf and piloted by Jeff Abrams en route from his penthouse at the Acapulco Fairmont Princess Hotel in Mexico to the Methodist Hospital. Hughes was in extremely poor physical condition at the time of his death in as much that the FBI had to resort to fingerprints to identify the body.
(5 April 1976)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 18th of August 1850 176 years, 6 months and 7 days ago
Writer and playwright Honoré de Balzac dies of peritonitis and gangrene at the age of 51 in 18 Rue Fortunée, VIIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. de Balzac's face was swollen up and had turned black.