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Age 77Death of Ed Gein
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Ed Gein dies of respiratory failure at Mendota Mental Health Institute.
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DayzeEdward Theodore Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin, gathered widespread notoriety in 1957 after authorities discovered that he stole corpses from local graveyards and fashioned keepsakes from their bones and skin. He also confessed to killing two women: tavern owner Mary Hogan in 1954 and hardware store owner Bernice Worden in 1957.
Ed's Birth Chart
Sun Sign
Virgo♍︎
Moon Sign
Sagittarius♐︎
Dominant Element
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Planetary positions calculated for August 27, 1906
Ed Gein dies of respiratory failure at Mendota Mental Health Institute.
Declared legally insane, Gein spends the remainder of his life in a mental institution.
Ed Gein's mother, Augusta, dies, leaving him alone on the family farm.
Ed's brother George dies.
Ed Gein's brother, George, dies in what was ruled an accidental fire.
His father, George Gein, dies, leaving Ed and his brother to work on the farm.
Edward Theodore Gein is born in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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