Yasunari Kawabata - Death Mystery
Time: Sunday Apr 16, 1972
Place: Japan
Details: On 16 April 1972, Kawabata apparently committed suicide by gassing himself, but a number of close associates and friends, including his widow, consider his death to have been accidental, he mistakenly unplugged the gas tap while preparing a bath.
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