BEACH TRAGEDY
COMEDIAN’S TRAGIC ENl>. (Australian. Press Association) SYDNEY, Aug. 2. Theatrical folk and listeners-in throughout Australia received a shock to-day when they learned of the tragic death of Jack Cannot; the popular comedian, whoes body was discovered by the police in the scrub on Marouba Reach foreshore. A packet containing remnants of strychnine was found in his pocket. His widow received a letter from him telling her where his body would be found. Jack Cannot was “Dame” in several pantomimes and more recently was a broadcasting artist.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1929, Page 5
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88BEACH TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1929, Page 5
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