Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 February 1809

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Rothko's body was found by his assistant Oliver Steindecker when Steindecker arrived in the morning for work. Rothko was lying face-up on the kitchen floor of his studio in a pool of blood, his arms outstretched. He was dressed in an undershirt, long johns and long black socks. He had removed his glasses, shoes and trousers (which were found folded over the back of a chair) before slitting his arms with a double-edged razor. He first took the razor in his right hand (after carefully wrapping a tissue over one one side of the razor) and made a cut in his left arm. He then switched the razor to his left hand and made an even deeper cut in his right arm. Both cuts were made just below the bend of the elbow. The autopsy revealed that Rothko had also overdosed on anti-depressants.
(25 February 1970)

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BirthFactDeath (+) Friday 3rd of February 1809 217 years, 1 months and 15 days ago
Composer Felix Mendelssohn is born as Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Große Michaelisstraße 14, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.