Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 August 1889

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

Dwyer killed himself in front of the gathered reporters at a press conference with a .357 caliber revolver. Dwyer's suicide was subsequently broadcast to a wide television audience across the state of Pennsylvania. He was about to being sentenced for taking a $300,000 kickback.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 19th of August 1889 137 years, 4 months and 23 days ago
Symbolist writer Auguste Jean Marie Mathias Philippe Villiers de l'Isle-Adam aka Le Comte dies of stomach cancer at the age of 51 in Clinique des Frères Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, 19 Rue Oudinot, VIIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.