Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 26 September 1937

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

Mason was the last man to die in San Quentin's Gas Chamber. Mason refused any last meal, requesting only ice water while in the death watch cell. Mason told the warden that he had no final words to impart.
(24 August 1993)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Sunday 26th of September 1937 89 years, 4 months and 4 days ago
Blues singer Bessie Smith aka aka the Empress of the Blues dies of critical injuries suffered in a car crash on U.S. Route 61 at the age of 43 in G.T. Thomas Hospital, Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States.