Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 December 1888

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Jones' body was embalmed, his hair bleached white, placed in an air-tight metal casket and buried 3m deep in Cheltenham Cemetery to prevent exhumation by trophy hunters.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 3rd of December 1888 137 years ago The Best Thing for Him to Do Was to Die
Jack the Ripper suspect Montague John Druitt commits suicide by drowning at the age of 31 in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. A note written by Druitt and addressed to his brother William was found in his room in Blackheath. It read "Since Friday I felt that I was going to be like mother, and the best thing for me was to die."
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