Deaths by...
53 Notable deaths
by intoxication
The Singing Nun
Nun, singer, musician.
Born October 17th, 1933 in Laken - Laeken.
Died March 30th, 1985 at 51 years old in Wavre (intoxication).
Angela Scoular
English actress (1945-2011).
Born November 8th, 1945 in London.
Died April 11th, 2011 at 65 years old in London (intoxication). [ref]
Garrett Hardin
American ecologist (1915-2003).
Born April 21st, 1915 in Dallas.
Died September 14th, 2003 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara (intoxication).
Florence Lawrence
Canadian-american actress (1886-1938).
Born January 2nd, 1886 in Hamilton.
Died December 27th, 1938 at 52 years old in Beverly Hills (intoxication). [ref]
Muteesa II
Kabaka of the kingdom of buganda from 1939 to 1969.
Born November 19th, 1924 in Kampala.
Died November 21st, 1969 at 45 years old in London (intoxication).
Margaret Laurence
Canadian novelist and short story writer (1926-1987).
Born July 18th, 1926 in Neepawa. [ref]
Died January 5th, 1987 at 60 years old in Selwyn (intoxication). [ref]
Elmyr de Hory
Hungarian painter and art forger (1906-1976).
Born April 14th, 1906 in Budapest.
Died December 11th, 1976 at 70 years old in Ibiza (intoxication).
Nestor Lakoba
Abkhazian politician (1893-1936).
Died December 28th, 1936 at 43 years old in Tbilisi (intoxication).
Vachel Lindsay
American poet.
Born November 10th, 1879 in Springfield. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1931 at 52 years old in Springfield (intoxication). [ref]
Abdel Hakim Amer
Egyptian politician and general (1919-1967).
Born December 11th, 1919 in Astal.
Died September 14th, 1967 at 47 years old in Cairo (intoxication).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde