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FRENCH ACTRESS'S SUICIDE. (BY cabxji—pans association —coptuq*T.) laomhaua* akd k.z. casu asbociatxox.) LONDON, August 23. The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" Bays that, overcome with tragio despair over the sudden doping of lier stage career owing to a motor accident, Mdllo Dorska, the famous Opera Comique singer, committed suicide with a revolver. Her real name was Baron€6s Drupin, and she was a member of a notable French family. It ia alleged that a few days ago elie took a dose of veronal, but recovered, and was placed in charge of a nurse. During the nurse's temporary absence she stood in front of . a mirror, placed a revolver against her head, and; fired.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17855, 30 August 1923, Page 9
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115STAGE TRAGEDY. Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17855, 30 August 1923, Page 9
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