Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 May 1880

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

On his deathbed, suffering from laryngeal cancer and unable to speak, Huxley made a written request to his wife Laura for "LSD, 100 µg, intramuscular". According to her account of his death in 'This Timeless Moment', she obliged with an injection at 11:45 am and a second dose a few hours later. Huxley died at 5:20 pm.
(22 November 1963)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 8th of May 1880 146 years, 8 months and 27 days ago
Writer Gustave Flaubert dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 59 in Croisset, Haute-Normendie, France.