August 2010
“Direct medical evidence? None. Autopsy? Not performed. Medical records? Nowhere to be found. Corpse? Disappeared.
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“Mozart 1756-91 Sings His Requiem,” an 1882 painting by Thomas W. Shields, depicts the composer taking part in a performance of the work.
Related Times Topic: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Dr. William J. Dawson, a researcher and retired surgeon, has found 118 causes of death that have been posited for Mozart.
Yet according to a recent article in an academic journal, researchers have posited at least 118 causes of death for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.” —After Mozart’s Death, an Endless Coda - NYTimes.com
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“Mozart 1756-91 Sings His Requiem,” an 1882 painting by Thomas W. Shields, depicts the composer taking part in a performance of the work.
Related Times Topic: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion.
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Enlarge This Image Sally Ryan for The New York Times
Dr. William J. Dawson, a researcher and retired surgeon, has found 118 causes of death that have been posited for Mozart.
Yet according to a recent article in an academic journal, researchers have posited at least 118 causes of death for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.” —After Mozart’s Death, an Endless Coda - NYTimes.com
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“The online campaign by Flime in Berlin has called for diners to “donate any part of their body” as well as looking for an “open-minded surgeon”.
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So far the location of the restaurant, if there is one, has not been disclosed.
“Members” willing to participate in the cannibal “Wari-culture” of the restaurant are asked to fill out a form.
It includes questions about medical fitness, Body Mass Index, how often one exercises and even if the donor is pregnant.
The restaurant claims to be inspired by the “compassionate cannibalism” of the Brazilian Waricaca tribe.” —Berlin ‘cannibal’ restaurant calls for diners to donate body parts for menu - Telegraph
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So far the location of the restaurant, if there is one, has not been disclosed.
“Members” willing to participate in the cannibal “Wari-culture” of the restaurant are asked to fill out a form.
It includes questions about medical fitness, Body Mass Index, how often one exercises and even if the donor is pregnant.
The restaurant claims to be inspired by the “compassionate cannibalism” of the Brazilian Waricaca tribe.” —Berlin ‘cannibal’ restaurant calls for diners to donate body parts for menu - Telegraph
“I would wear that as a tee shirt. On a personal level, what has New Orleans given you? WG: The most beautifully peculiar of all American dream-spaces. A splendidly alternate mythology. Deep and determinedly unofficial culture. The city they couldn’t Disneyland.”
—Karen Dalton-Beninato: Author William Gibson on New Orleans: “The City They Couldn’t Disneyland”
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