Talk:Lists of poisonings

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I removed the reference to Mozart being a "possible" poisoning victim, as there is no evidence for it. There are certainly no "historical facts" that point to Salieri doing such a thing, as the article suggested. Also, neither the stage play nor film "Amadeus" claim Salieri poisoned Mozart. They depict Mozart as working himself to death for the sake of his mysterious client who had commissioned the Requiem. The sole example of Salieri purportedly poisoning Mozart that I can find in fiction is Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Mozart and Salieri," which is indeed a highly fictional account.

Actually, a few weeks before his death, Salieri said over and over again that he poisoned Mozart. He didn't. Salieri was in London at the time... promoting Mozart's works. He arrived the day after Mozart's death with a bunch of money for the young composer. He always felt poorly that he didn't get there sooner. But the story of Mozart's poisoning doesn't end there. Or rather, it begins earlier. In the days before his death Mozart claimed that he was poisoned. He believed it emphatically. It is hard to say if this was actually the case, given the description of his illness. He might have really been poisoned. SG —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.48.36.78 (talk) 04:18, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

I've moved Yushenko to possible poisoning part. His healthproblems can be connected with face job attempt. Oleg_Str --212.111.199.30 (talk) 09:29, 27 May 2008 (UTC).

• • someone should add Maddam Cury to the list of poisonings even though she poisoned herself she died of Radiation Poisoning —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.113.133 (talk) 06:25, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Marie Curie died of cancer partly connected to her work with nuclear materials. It has yet to be shown that nothing else contributed to her cancer death. Her death could not be attributed to any one dose. Fatal exposures

I have added Madge Oberholtzer, victim of a rape and ultimately a second-degree murder by a key figure of a mass movement. Her rape and death led to the demise of a crucial leader of the then fast-growing Ku Klux Klan that led to the rapid decline of that organization that could have put the political system of the United States of America in extreme danger. A powerful Klan might have reshaped American history in the wake of the 1929 Stock Market Crash.--Paul from Michigan (talk) 03:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Rename sections?

There's a problem in that those in the 'attempted' section were poisoned - they just didn't die. So how about 'non-fatal'? It seems more accurate. 'Possible' could also be called 'suspected'. Thoughts? Malick78 (talk) 20:08, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

I've renamed them 'Fatal', 'Non-Fatal' and 'Alleged'. The distinctions are clearer and the categories more precise.59.33.109.249 (talk) 07:16, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Love Canal?

I suggest that Love Canal be deleted from the list of fatal poisonings. As far as I know, no one died from the contamination at Love Canal. There was a trmendous amount of hysteria, but no documented deaths (again, as far as I know).

Where is Napoleon?

To my knowledge he was poisoned. I mean I think it has not been prooved but the rumour is quite strong so I reckon we should put him at least under Alleged poisonings. Opinions? Jambornik (talk) 21:06, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

What Order

It says chronological order by victim but there seems to be no real order except the chronological order in which they were added. Is rearrangement in order? Also adding Gojong of Korea as an alleged victim.

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