Higgins had cancerous growths removed from his mouth in 1994 and 1996. He lost his teeth after intensive radiotherapy used to treat his throat cancer and had been living on liquid food, often Guinnes, for the last years of his life. (24 July 2010)
There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.
Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.
Friday 3rd of August 1962 (x) — Mass murderer Dennis Ottoson fatally shoots his neighbours Hugh and Lorraine Paulson and their children 6-year-old Leanne, 9-year-old Anita and 13-year-old Karlyn. Ottoson confessed to the murders the next day but didn’t provide a reason other than “I just had to do something, that’s all.”