CHOKED TO DEATH
WORLD CHESS CHAMPION (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) LISBON, March 27. An official autopsy revealed that the world chess champion, Alekhine, choked to death. Intimate Mends stated that Alekhine preferred to dine alone. He never used a knife or fork. He died in ah hotel bedroom with three inches of, beefsteak lodged in bis throat. He was clutching the remainder of the steak in his right hand.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 142, 28 March 1946, Page 6
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