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

Mason was the last man to die in San Quentin's Gas Chamber. Mason refused any last meal, requesting only ice water while in the death watch cell. Mason told the warden that he had no final words to impart.
(24 August 1993)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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Springs, New York, United States.

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Saturday 11th of August 1956 (-) — Abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock dies in a single-car crash in his Oldsmobile convertible while driving under the influence of alcohol.
Edith Metzger was also killed in the accident. Artist and Pollock's mistress Ruth Kligman survived.