Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium || Ernest van Dijckkaai 8

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In May 1978 24-year-old Roman Wardas from Poland and 38-year-old Gancho Ganev from Bulgaria demanded a ransom of $600.000 in return for the coffin. Oona Chaplin refused to deal with them saying "My husband is in heaven and in my heart". The thieves were arrested and the coffin was found buried in a nearby cornfield.
(2 March 1978)

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Ernest van Dijckkaai 8, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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Friday 13th of April 2007 (x) — Performance artist Danny Devos performs 'The Red Dragon'.
Between 17.00 and 18.00hrs on I stood on the edge of the top balcony ramp of the house on Ernest Van Dijckkaai N°8 in Antwerp dressed in a shiny red cape rubber boots blindfolded and with my ‘Diggin’ for Gordon’ shovel like a rifle in my hands. While I counted from 1 till 1978 Sofie Pepermans read a cutup text about this piece. The performance had - apart from casual passers-by below - one viewer: Mauro Pawlowski.