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Wood was executed with a combination of midazolam and hydromorphone. The execution began at 1:52 p.m. and ended at 3:49 p.m. when Wood was pronounced dead. Wood gasped and snorted for well over an hour, and a media witness compared Wood's breathing to a "fish gulping for air". An Associated Press reporter said Wood gasped more than 600 times.
(23 July 2014)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5733 people in 6441 places until today.

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