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

Smith decided to drop his appeals so he wouldn’t die from his advancing hepatitis C, a progressive disease that leads to liver cancer, cirrhosis and liver failure. Smith contracted hepatitis through a shared heroin needle.
(21 September 1999)

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

There are 3362 births, 3913 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2074 other events about 5715 people in 6417 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Brixton Prison

Lambeth, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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Monday 25th of October 1920 (-) — Irish republican hunger striker Terence MacSwiney dies after 73 days of hungerstriking
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