Stewart and Cyril Marcus
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Stewart and Cyril Marcus, identical-twin gynecologists who were discovered dead due to withdrawal from barbiturate addiction in their Manhattan apartment on July 19, 1975[1].
The Marcus brothers' life and circumstances of their deaths are the subject of an article in Ron Rosenbaum reprinted collection The Secret Parts of Fortune. Film director David Cronenberg based his 1988 movie Dead Ringers on their decline and death.
[edit] Further reading
- Bari Wood and Jack Geasland (1977): Twins (ISBN 978-0451136541)
- Ron Rosenbaum (2001): The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms Pages 97-117. (ISBN 0060934468 97-117) http://books.google.com/books?id=YikLNbwN6LoC&pg=PA97
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