Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 April 1998

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

In a darkened room a slide was projected onto a sheet of transparent plastic. From behind I sprayed white paint on it so the projection became visible: a view of the backroom in which I hung upside down. Unseen by the audience I hung myself in the same way. While violently swinging my body back and forth I could reach the plastic and pull it away while all the lights were switched on.
(8 June 1979)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 27th of April 1998 28 years, 2 months and 22 days ago
Mass murderer Ronald L. Taylor commits suicide by throwing himself from an overpass onto the 605 Freeway at the age of 46 in Artesia, Los Angeles, California, United States. Earlier that day Taylor clubbed to death his 40-year-old wife Ruthie, 24-year-old son Rick, 29-year-old sister-in-law Mylissa Campbell, 6-year-old niece Jolissa Morales and 24-year-old family friend Tomy Kang Jung. Taylor died of his injuries three hours later at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood.