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apart in the same year. The leader of the greatest cult in history was Adolph Hitler, a famous s individual who committed suicide rather than subject himself to capture when his endeavor failed. s folk singer Judy Collins is currently a suicide awareness advocate. Her first husband's father and her son committed suicide. When Judy was in high school her father arranged for her to play La Campanella, a difficult composition, at the Auto Show in Denver, Colorado. Not being ready to perform the difficult piano piece she became depressed and thought about suicide as a way out of her dilemma. She consumed an economy-size bottle of aspirin. The exact date of the attempt was not given, but she remembered it was spring and buds were on the trees.10 280 Suicides by q Sign at Birth & Death Birth q Sign a 25 s 29 d 25 f 26 g 26 h 17 z 23 x 26 c 18 ÂŚ 20 b 22 n 23 Total
q Sign at Death a 3 2 3 2 1 4 3 1 1 2 22
s 6 2 3 6 4 6 3 1 2 1 34
d 3 2 2 4 1 2 1 3 2 20
f 5 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 27
g 1 2 4 4 2 4 1 1 2 1 3 25
h 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 15
z 2 1 1 3 1 3 4 2 2 2 21
x 6 1 4 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 30
c 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 19
ÂŚ 3 3 3 2 4 1 2 3 2 4 27
b 1 1 1 3 1 4 4 2 17
n 3 1 1 3 1 4 1 2 2 2 3 23
This author's data base shows s most likely to commit suicide. Four s individuals were elected to the United States' Presidency. Three of them experienced situations that tend to validate astrological studies concerning the sun sign they were born under. James Buchanan's fiancee, Anne Coleman, was rumored to have committed suicide. Buchanan (born 23rd April 1791) was so overwhelmed by sorrow that rumors developed that he had attempted to hang himself. The rumor gained credence in that Buchanan had a defect in his vision that caused him to tilt his head and twist his neck when engaged in conversation.11 A member of Ulysses S. Grant's (born 27th April 1822) military staff once recalled that the only time he ever saw Grant lose his temper was in 1864 when he saw a man beating his horse. He grabbed the man by the 10
Judy Collins, Sanity and Grace, Penguin, NY, 2002, pp. 18-19 Warren H. Harding II & J. Mark Stewart, Mere Mortals, Renaissance Pub., Ohio, 1992, p. 78. 11
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