His last meal request was for a whole fried chicken, 12 buttered bread slices, fried onion rings, fried okra, a six-pack of RC Cola, two tomatoes and a large bag of Fritos corn chips. For his last words Jacobs recited the 23rd Psalm. He spent the last six months memorizing it. (15 May 2003)
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Saturday 30th of March 1912 (-) — Writer Karl May dies of acute bronchitis. Scientists examining the remains of May in 2014 found excessive quantities of lead and other heavy metals and concluded that his death was probably due to a long-time exposure to lead in water as well as tobacco.