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Florence Beaumont

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Florence Beaumont (died October 15, 1967, Los Angeles) is one of nine Americans known to have set themselves on fire (self-immolation) in protest of the escalating Vietnam war. She had two children.

After soaking herself in gasoline, she set herself alight in front of the Federal Building, Los Angeles.

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