Two days before Long was scheduled to be executed he took an overdose of prescription drugs and was hospitalized in Galveston, Texas. Officials in Texas refused to delay the execution. Initially placed on a ventilator, Long improved significantly by the next day. He was placed on a medically supervised flight back to Huntsville on the day of his scheduled execution so that he could be executed as scheduled. (8 December 1999)
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Wednesday 28th of December 1983 (-) — Musician Dennis Wilson drowns after drinking all day and then diving in the afternoon to recover items he had thrown overboard at the marina from his yacht three years earlier.