Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 December 1942

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

The official cause of death was a stroke but more probably Krupp committed suicide after the Italian Propaganda and German Vorwärts and Augsburger Postzeitung newspapers published articles revealing his homosexual escapades with young Italian boys in his 'Congrega di Fra Felice' holiday house in Capri, Italy.
(22 November 1902)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 5th of December 1942 83 years ago
Baronet and murderer Jock John Henry Delves Broughton aka Sir Murder commits suicide by an overdose of morphine tablets at the age of 59 in Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom. The inquest recorded a verdict of suicide while the balance of Broughton's mind was disturbed.