Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
Gillette became the basis for the fictional character Clyde Griffiths in Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy.
(30 March 1908)
There are 3362 births, 3913 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2074 other events about 5715 people in 6417 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 25th of December 1946 78 years ago He Winked and Smiled and Died |
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 Comedian, actor and juggler W. C. Fields born as William Claude Dukenfield dies of alcohol-related gastric hemorrhage at the age of 66 in Las Encinas Sanatorium, 2900 E Del Mar Blvd, Pasadena, California, United States. Carlotta Monti wrote that in Fields' final moments she used a garden hose to spray water onto the roof over his bedroom to simulate his favorite sound of falling rain. |
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