According to studies by the musicologist and literary scholar Eric Sams, Schumann's symptoms during his terminal illness and death appear consistent with those of mercury poisoning, mercury at this time being a common treatment for syphilis and other conditions. (29 July 1856)
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Friday 10th of July 1992 (-) — Chief executioner Albert Pierrepoint dies of natural causes. Pierrepoint executed at least 433 men and 17 women, including some 200 Nazi war criminals.