Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 September 1980

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

Some reports say that Dior died of a heart attack after choking on a fish bone. Time's obituary stated that he died of a heart attack after playing a game of cards. However, the Paris socialite Baron de Redé wrote in his memoirs that contemporary rumor was that Dior's heart attack had been caused by a strenuous sexual encounter with two young men.
(24 October 1957)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 9th of September 1980 45 years ago
Journalist and writer John Howard Griffin dies of diabetes at the age of 60 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.