For the summer season in 1937 Davidson worked at an amusement park in Skegness, where he was billed as 'A modern Daniel in a lion's den'. He would enter a cage with a lion called Freddie and a lioness, and talk for about ten minutes about the injustice he felt had been meted out to him. On July 28, he was moving through his act when he accidentally tripped on the tail of the lion. Perceiving this as an attack the lion mauled him at the neck leaving a gash behind his left ear. The injury was not severe; the lion was old toothless and sedated. ...

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Harold Davidson, Harold Davidson - Background, Harold Davidson - StudentDays, Harold Davidson - Ordained as a Priest, Harold Davidson - The First World War, Harold Davidson - Financial difficulties, Harold Davidson - Investigations begin, Harold Davidson - Scandal breaks, Harold Davidson - The Media enters the ring, Harold Davidson - Trial, Harold Davidson - Conviction and aftermath, Harold Davidson - Sentence, Harold Davidson - Death, Harold Davidson - Posthumous treatment

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death: Death is a rich concept for which there are many words in Sanskrit, such as: mahaprasthana, "great departure;" samadhimarana, dying consciously while in the state of meditation; mahasamadhi, "great merger, or absorption," naming the departure of an enlightened soul.

Hindus know death to be the soul's detaching itself from the physical body and continuing on in the subtle body (sukshma sharira) with the same desires, aspirations and occupations as when it lived in a physical body. Now the person exists in the in-between world, the subtle plane, or Antarloka, with loved ones who have previously died, and is visited by earthly associates during their sleep.

Hindus do not fear death, for they know it to be one of the most glorious and exalted experiences, rich in spiritual potential. Other terms for death include panchatvam (death as dissolution of the five elements), mrityu (natural death), prayopavesha (self-willed death by fasting), marana (unnatural death, e.g., by murder).

See: reincarnation, suicide, videhamukti.

(See also: Death , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

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A woman named Yolanda Saldívar worked her way into the singer's inner circle, becoming president of Selena's fan club and manager of the boutiques. In 1995 the Quintanillas found out Saldívar had embezzled money from these ventures and decided to fire her. Selena agreed to meet Saldívar at a Corpus Christi Days Inn on the morning of March 31, 1995 in order to retrieve paperwork for tax purposes. At the motel an argument ensued over the embezzlement and Saldívar shot Selena once in the back. After being held captive for a while, Selena escaped and fled to the manager's office for help. but Selena died from loss of blood at a local hospital at 1: ...

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Selena, Selena - Early life, Selena - Success, Selena - Death, Selena - Legacy, Selena - Discography, Selena - Endorsements

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Suffering from respiratory problems, Ganesan was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in Madras on July 12, 2001. He also had been suffering from a prolonged heart ailment for about 10 years. He died at Apollo Hospital at 7:45pm (IST) on July 21, 2001. He was 74. ...

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Sivaji Ganesan, Sivaji Ganesan - Biography, Sivaji Ganesan - Family life, Sivaji Ganesan - Awards, Sivaji Ganesan - Film career, Sivaji Ganesan - Notable Films, Sivaji Ganesan - Political career, Sivaji Ganesan - Death, Sivaji Ganesan - Miscellaneous

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Prince George Duke of Kent - Conspiracy theories. The Duke was killed in a plane crash on active service in World War II at Eagles Rock near Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland on August 25, 1942. The Short Sunderland he was flying in was officially heading to Iceland where the Duke was to meet senior members of the US military. However the Duke's death at the height of World War II has led to various conspiracy theories surrounding the plane crash. Some theories state that the Duke was actually heading to Sweden for s ...

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Prince George Duke of Kent, Prince George Duke of Kent - Birth, Prince George Duke of Kent - Education and career, Prince George Duke of Kent - Marriage, Prince George Duke of Kent - Personal life, Prince George Duke of Kent - Political role, Prince George Duke of Kent - Death, Prince George Duke of Kent - Conspiracy theories, Prince George Duke of Kent - Funeral, Prince George Duke of Kent - Titles from birth to death, Prince George Duke of Kent - Notes and references

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Death is the cessation of physical life in a living organism, or the state of the organism after that event. Death - Interpretations of death. In almost all societies, death has one or several symbols associated with it. Common symbols of death in Western cultures include the grim reaper and the color black; conversely, in certain Eastern cultures, the color white is considered symbolic of death. The grave is a metonym for death. Biologically, death can occur to wholes, to parts, or to both. For exam ...

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• Death - Interpretations of death
• Death - Criteria of human death: medical religious and legal
• Death - When is a person dead?
• Death - The process of dying
• Death - Cell death
• Death - Physiological changes during the process of dying
• Death - Signs of approaching death
• Death - When death is imminent
• Death - When death occurs
• Death - Causes of death in the United States
• Death - Other notable causes of death in the United States 2002
• Death - What happens to humans after death?
• Death - Physiological consequences of human death
• Death - Settlement of dead human bodies
• Death - Personification of death
• Death - Unwritten customs and superstitions

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On November 27, 1975, Ross McWhirter was shot dead by two Irish Republican Army gunmen. Mr McWhirter was hit at close range in the head and chest at 18:45 GMT. He was taken to a local hospital, but died soon after being admitted. The two gunmen are thought to have waited in the garden of the couple's Enfield house for an hour while Mr McWhirter was in the house preparing to go out to the theatre. When his wife arrived home, she got out of her blue Ford Granada and was approached by two men holding pistols. She ran into the house as her husba ...

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Ross McWhirter, Ross McWhirter - Early Life, Ross McWhirter - Sports, Ross McWhirter - Television, Ross McWhirter - Political activity, Ross McWhirter - Death, Ross McWhirter - Selected bibliography

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In 1938, Johnson divorced Mollinson. In 1940, during World War II, she joined the newly formed Air Transport Auxiliary, whose job was to transport RAF planes around the country. On January 5, 1941, whilst flying an Airspeed Oxford to RAF Kidlington near Oxford, she went off course in poor weather. She drowned after bailing out into the Thames estuary. Although she was seen alive in the water, a rescue attempt failed and her body was lost. She was the first member of the Air ...

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Amy Johnson, Amy Johnson - Early Life, Amy Johnson - Death

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In 1994, Senna finally left the ailing McLaren team for the top team at the end of 1993 Williams-Renault. After the banning of active suspension the Williams started the season trying to close the gap to Benetton. Senna failed to finish his first two races, despite taking two superb pole positions against the Benetton at both events. On May 1 1994, he took part in his third race for the team, the San Marino GP. Senna took pole position yet ...

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Ayrton Senna, Ayrton Senna - Early life, Ayrton Senna - Into Formula One, Ayrton Senna - The Lotus Years, Ayrton Senna - McLaren career, Ayrton Senna - Wet weather driving, Ayrton Senna - Character, Ayrton Senna - Death, Ayrton Senna - Legacy

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A woman named Yolanda Saldívar worked her way into the singer's inner circle, becoming president of Selena's fan club and manager of the boutiques. In 1995 the Quintanillas found out Saldívar had embezzled money from these ventures and decided to fire her. Selena agreed to meet Saldívar at a Corpus Christi Days Inn on the morning of March 31, 1995 in order to retrieve paperwork for tax purposes. At the motel an argument ensued over the embezzlement and Saldívar shot the singer once in the back. Selena died at a local hospital at 1: ...

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Selena, Selena - Early life, Selena - Success, Selena - Death, Selena - Legacy, Selena - Discography

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Berg's body was found decapitated on May 8, 2004 on a Baghdad overpass by a U.S. military patrol. Berg's family was informed of his death on May 10. Military sources stated publicly at that time that Berg's body showed "signs of trauma", but did not disclose that he had been decapitated. On May 11, 2004, the website of the militant Islamist group Muntada al-Ansar[4] allegedly broadcast a video with the opening title of "Abu Musa'b al-Zarqawi slaug ...

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Nick Berg, Nick Berg - Early life, Nick Berg - Travels and detention, Nick Berg - Disappearance, Nick Berg - Death, Nick Berg - Video details, Nick Berg - Reaction, Nick Berg - Family activism and claimed link to Zacarias Moussaoui, Nick Berg - Arrests & Confessions, Nick Berg - Interview with Michael Moore

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At the time of its first publication, Vector Prime was extremely controversial among Star Wars fans in that its plot called for the death of Chewbacca, making the Wookiee the first major character from the original trilogy to be permanently killed off in the Expanded Universe novels (it is rumoured that Lucas himself ordered this to happen at some point!). Opinion was sharply divided as to whether this death of a beloved character was a cheap ploy to boost sales and interest in the new series, or if it served the dramatic purpo ...

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Vector Prime, Vector Prime - Death, Vector Prime - Worlds Visitied, Vector Prime - Other Notes

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On 31 August 1997 Diana was involved in a car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, along with her romantic companion Dodi Fayed, and their driver Henri Paul. Fayed's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, is the only person who survived the wreckage. Diana Princess of Wales - Circumstances. Late in the evening of Saturday 30 August, Diana and Fayed departed the Hôtel Ritz in Place Vendome, Paris, and drove along the north bank of the Seine. Shortly after midnight on 31 August, their Mercedes-Benz S 280 entered the underpass below the Place de l'Alma, pursued by nine French photograph ...

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Diana Princess of Wales, Diana Princess of Wales - Early years, Diana Princess of Wales - Family and Marriage, Diana Princess of Wales - Charity work, Diana Princess of Wales - AIDS, Diana Princess of Wales - Landmines, Diana Princess of Wales - Death, Diana Princess of Wales - Circumstances, Diana Princess of Wales - Subsequent events, Diana Princess of Wales - Conspiracy theories, Diana Princess of Wales - Funeral and public reaction, Diana Princess of Wales - Styles, Diana Princess of Wales - Lineage

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Garrett's main creditor (a man named W.W. Cox) worked out a deal to repay the debt by using Garrett's quarter horse ranch in the Sand Andres slopes as grazing land for one of his partners. Garrett agreed to the deal, not realizing they would be grazing goats rather than cattle (largely in an attempt to anger Garrett into selling the property and its valuable water rights). Garrett objected to the goats, feeling their presence lowered the value of his land in ...

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Pat Garrett, Pat Garrett - Early life, Pat Garrett - Lincoln County Sheriff, Pat Garrett - Politics, Pat Garrett - Death, Pat Garrett - Garrett in fiction

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The circumstances of Rappe's death in 1921 became a Hollywood scandal and were published widely by the media of the time. The official cause of her death was listed as peritonitis caused by a ruptured bladder a few days after attending a September 5th party at a hotel in San Francisco, California hosted by Arbuckle. The exact events of the infamous party are still unclear, with witnesses relating numerous versions of what happened. It was alleged that she died as a result of a violent sexual assault by Fatty Arbuckle. Other rumors circulated that Rappe died of injuries resulting from an earlier botched a ...

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Virginia Rappe, Virginia Rappe - Birth, Virginia Rappe - Career, Virginia Rappe - Death, Virginia Rappe - Burial, Virginia Rappe - Timeline, Virginia Rappe - External link

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He died in his sleep in December 2000, aged 67, having suffered a stroke earlier that year. His memorial service at Westminster Abbey on March 30, 2001 was attended by many luminaries of the game of cricket and the tribute was given by John Major. ...

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Colin Cowdrey, Colin Cowdrey - Honours, Colin Cowdrey - Family Life, Colin Cowdrey - Death, Colin Cowdrey - Test career

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Mutesa died of alcohol poisoning in his London flat in 1969. Attributed to suicide by the British police, the death has been viewed as a possible assassination by those claiming that Mutesa may have been forcibly administered large amounts of vodka by agents of the Obote regime. Mutesa was interviewed in his flat only a few hours before his death by the British journalist John Simpson, who found that he was sober and in good spirits. Simpson reported this to the police the following day on hearing of Mutesa's death, although this line of enquir ...

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Mutesa II of Buganda, Mutesa II of Buganda - Death

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On 31 August 1997 Diana was involved in a car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, along with her friend and lover Dodi Fayed, and their driver Henri Paul. Fayed's bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones is the only person who survived the wreckage. Diana Princess of Wales - Circumstances. Late in the evening of Saturday 30 August, Diana and Fayed departed the Hôtel Ritz in Place Vendome, Paris, and sped along the north bank of the Seine. Shortly after midnight on 31 August, their Mercedes-Benz S 280 ...

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Diana Princess of Wales, Diana Princess of Wales - Early years, Diana Princess of Wales - Family and Marriage, Diana Princess of Wales - Charity work, Diana Princess of Wales - AIDS, Diana Princess of Wales - Landmines, Diana Princess of Wales - Death, Diana Princess of Wales - Circumstances, Diana Princess of Wales - Subsequent events, Diana Princess of Wales - Conspiracy theories, Diana Princess of Wales - Funeral and public reaction, Diana Princess of Wales - Styles, Diana Princess of Wales - Lineage

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Porus is supposed to have held the position of a Macedonian subordinate ruler until he was assassinated, sometime between 321 and 315 BC, by the Thracian Eudamus' agents after the death of Alexander (Diodorus Siculus . After his assassination, his son Malayketu ascended the throne with the help of Eudamus. However, Malayketu was killed in the Battle of Gabiene in 317 BC. ...

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Porus, Porus - Death, Porus - Additional Reading

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Berg's body was found decapitated on May 8, 2004 on a Baghdad overpass by a U.S. military patrol. Berg's family was informed of his death on May 10. Military sources stated publicly at that time that Berg's body showed "signs of trauma", but did not disclose that he had been decapitated. On May 11, 2004, the website of the militant Islamist group Muntada al-Ansar[5] allegedly broadcast a video with the opening title of "Abu Musa'b al-Zarqawi slaug ...

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Nick Berg, Nick Berg - Early life, Nick Berg - Travels and detention, Nick Berg - Disappearance, Nick Berg - Death, Nick Berg - Video details, Nick Berg - Reaction, Nick Berg - Family activism and claimed link to Zacarias Moussaoui, Nick Berg - Arrests & Confessions, Nick Berg - Interview with Michael Moore

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