Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 17 December 1947

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Between 17.00 and 18.00hrs on I stood on the edge of the top balcony ramp of the house on Ernest Van Dijckkaai N°8 in Antwerp dressed in a shiny red cape rubber boots blindfolded and with my ‘Diggin’ for Gordon’ shovel like a rifle in my hands. While I counted from 1 till 1978 Sofie Pepermans read a cutup text about this piece. The performance had - apart from casual passers-by below - one viewer: Mauro Pawlowski.
(13 April 2007)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 17th of December 1947 78 years ago He Didn't Perform the Post Mortem
Pathologist Bernard Henry Spilsbury commits suicide by gassing at the age of 70 in University College, Bloomsbury, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Spilsbury was depressed over his finances and his declining health.