Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Los Angeles, California, United States || Dorothy Mae Hotel

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

Burden did not speak to anyone during the performance but the curator Josh Young provided him with water, food, and toilet facilities without being asked. 'Bed Piece' lasted until 10 March 1972.
(18 February 1972)

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Dorothy Mae Hotel

821 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Saturday 4th of September 1982 (x) — Mass murderer Humberto De La Torre torches his uncle's hotel after a dispute.
Nineteen people including an unborn baby and its mother perished as the fire roared through the 50-year-old three-story structure. Thirty-six other people were injured and within 10 days six of them had died. At least nine victims were relatives of Humberto de La Torre. His uncle Mateo survived. Humberto de la Torre was arrested the following December in Texas, pleaded guilty to 25 counts of murder and in 1985 was sentenced to 625 years in prison.