Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 22 May 1978

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

Parker was placed in quarantaine in the Catherine-de-Barnes Isolation Hospital near Solihull on 20 August and died there on 11 September. Many people had close contact with Parker before she was admitted to hospital, 260 people were being immediately quarantined. Parker became the last person to die of smallpox.
(11 August 1978)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 22nd of May 1978 46 years ago He Could Utter Several Words
Mobster and crime boss Joseph Anthony 'Joe' Colombo dies of cardiac arrest in a vegetative state after being shot in the head on 28 June 1971 at the age of 55 in St. Luke's Hospital, 70 Dubois St, Newburgh, New York, United States. In 1975 a court-ordered examination showed that Colombo could move his thumb and forefinger on his right hand. In 1976 there were reports that he could recognize people and utter several words.