Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 October 1978

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

A ransom of 2.2 Million Dollars —the maximum amount that was tax deductible— was paid by his grandfather Jean Paul and Getty’s ear had been cut off.
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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 9th of October 1978 46 years ago
Singer-songwriter Jacques Romain Georges Brel dies of pulmonary embolism at the age of 49 in Hôpital Avicenne, 125 Rue de Stalingrad, Bobigny, Île-de-France, France. Brel was suffering from an advanced stage of lung cancer.