COMEDIAN’S DEATH
SUICIDE ON BEASH. (Australian Press Assn.) (By Cable—Press Assn. —Copyright.) SYDNEY, August 2. Theatrical folk and listeners-in throughout Australia received a shock to-day when they learned of the tragic death of Jack Cannot, the , popular comedian, whose body was discovered by the police in the scrub on Maroubra Beach foreshore. A packet containing remnants of strychnine was found in his pocket. His widow rceived a letter from him telling her where his body would be found. Jack Cannot was “Dame” in several pantomimes, and more recently was a broadcasting artist.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 August 1929, Page 7
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92COMEDIAN’S DEATH Greymouth Evening Star, 3 August 1929, Page 7
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