Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 May 1980

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Bern shot himself in Jean Harlow's bedroom, drenched in her perfume. Leaving a note "Dearest Dear, Unfortuately this is the only way to make good the frightful wrong I have done you and to wipe out my abject humiliation, I Love you. Paul - You understand that last night was only a comedy."
(5 September 1932)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 18th of May 1980 46 years, 3 months and 18 days ago
Musician Ian Kevin Curtis commits suicide by hanging at the age of 23 in 77 Barton Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom. Curtis had just viewed Werner Herzog's film 'Stroszek' and listened to Iggy Pop's album 'The Idiot'.