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39th year  -  N° 361                 Thursday, 26 December 2024         Antwerpen		
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Wednesday 7th of October 1959

65 years ago He Died in the Twilight Zone



Tenor and actor Mario Lanza born as Alfred Arnold Cocozza dies of pulmonary embolism at the age of 38 in Clinica Valle Giulia, Via Giuseppe de Notaris 2, Rome, Lazio, Italy.


On 25 September 1959 Lanza entered the clinic for the purpose of losing weight for an upcoming film. While in the clinic he underwent a controversial weight loss program colloquially known as 'the twilight sleep treatment' which required its patients to be kept immobile and sedated for prolonged periods.