Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 23 February 1944

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

Collier's last meal request was for 30 jumbo shrimp with cocktail sauce, a baked potato, French fries, a T-bone steak, a chocolate malt, one gallon of vanilla ice cream and three cans of Big Red. He was given fried fish, chicken fried steak, baked potato and ice cream. Collier's last words were "The only thing I want to say is that I appreciate the hospitality you guys have shown me and the respect. And the last meal was really good. That is about it."
(11 December 2002)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 23rd of February 1944 82 years, 0 months and 0 days ago
Chemist Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland aka The Father of the Plastics Industry dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 81 in Craig Hause, Beacon, New York, United States. Baekeland became a recluse, eating all of his meals from cans and becoming obsessed with developing an immense tropical garden on his winter estate in Coconut Grove, Florida.