JACK CANNOT’S SUICIDE
£6OO SUBSCRIBED FOR WIFE AND FAMILY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS Reed. 9.35 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. The Coroner returned a finding that Jack Cannot, the comedian, committed suicide while he was temporarily of unsound mind. Public subscriptions resulted in over £6OO, being raised for his wife and family. Members of the theatrical profession and listeners’in throughout Australia received a shock on August 2, —hen they learned of the tragic death of Mr. Jack Cannot, the popular comedian. His body was discovered by the police in the scrub on Maroubra Beach. A packet containing remnants of a poisonous drug was found in one of deceased's pockets. His widow received a letter from him telling her where his body would be found. Mr. Cannot played the “dame” in several pantomines. More recently he had been a broadcasting artist.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 742, 15 August 1929, Page 9
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