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From: Janice Siegel <jsiegel@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu>
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Alan Ladd's mother ate rat poison (lye) to off herself. That sort of accomplishes
the same thing, doesn't it?
Cheers, Janice

John Kirkpatrick wrote:

> "Philip S. Peek" wrote:
>
> > Brutus' wife Porcia is said to have commited suicide by swallowing hot
> > coals (Plutarch, Brutus, 53). Anyone know of other examples of someone who
> > is said to have commited suicide in the same way?

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