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The Vengeance of Nitocris

Posted in Death, Literature by Greg Ross on March 20th, 2008

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Tennessee Williams had a routine for taking eyedrops. He'd put the bottle cap in his mouth, lean back, and place drops in each eye.

He was doing this in his room in New York's Hotel Elysee in 1983 when the cap slipped into his throat.

He choked to death.