Millionaire Recluse Killed.— John Laughlin, the 62-year-old son of a 104-year-old millionaire recluse, died in Toronto today from the effects of gas which killed nis father yesterday. The father and son were found in their rubbish-littered house where the police discovered 2,000.000 dollars in real estate deeds and more than 24,000,000 dollars in cash. The accidental escape of cooking gas had overcome the father, and the son. who was unconscious, was taken to hospital, where he died today. —Ottawa. January 19.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26944, 21 January 1953, Page 8
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