It has been said that Cocteau's heart failed upon hearing of his friend Edith Piaf's death that was announced on the radio in the morning. (11 October 1963)
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Wednesday 2nd of May 1945 (-) — KZ-Kommandant in Dachau Eduard Weiter commits suicide by a shot in the head. After drunkenly bragging about the recent executions he had ordered at Dachau, Weiter shot and killed himself.