More than 600 spectators, including young children, were left shocked and distressed when they saw the body of Wheeler dangling from a prop rope at the open-air performance of the Greek production of Jesus Christ Superstar in the scene where Judas takes his own life. (17 August 1997)
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Monday 25th of August 1270 (-) — King of France Louis IX dies of dysentery. After Louis IX his death his body was subject to the process known as mos Teutonicus (a postmortem funerary custom used in medieval Europe whereby the flesh was boiled from the body, so that the bones of the deceased could be transported hygienically from distant lands back home) for its transportation back to France.