After his death Satie's friends discovered an apartment replete with squalor and chaos. Among many other unsorted papers and miscellaneous items, it contained a large number of umbrellas and two grand pianos placed one on top of the other, the upper instrument used as storage for letters and parcels. (1 July 1925)
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Hotel Elysee
60 East 54th Street, New York City, New York, United States.
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Friday 25th of February 1983 (-) — Writer and playwright Tennessee Williams chokes to death on the cap from a bottle of eye drops he frequently used in his suite. Williams' use of drugs and alcohol may have contributed to his death by suppressing his gag reflex.