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June 12, 1949

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Suicide Is Linked to Coplon Case; Wife Named, Condon Scores FBI; SUICIDE IS LINKED TO COPLON TRIAL

By the Associated Press

M E Kent, mentioned in FBI rept, revealed suicide wk ago; wife cites despondency over private job loss; rept linked him to Mrs E U Condon and Bulgarian, UN employe, G D Sotirov, accused by FBI as espionage suspect; Dr Condon assails rept, citing discrepancies and demanding apology from FBI chief J E Hoover; urges investigation of FBI based on tactics demonstrated in revelations of Coplon case

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Jens Böhrnsen

1949Jens Böhrnsen, German judge and politician[†]

Jens Böhrnsen is a German politician of the SPD who served as President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen from 2005 to 2015. From 1 November 2009 until 31 October 2010 he was President of the Bundesrat. As such, he was acting head of state of Germany from the resignation of President Horst Köhler on 31 May 2010 until the election of Christian Wulff on 30 June 2010. Böhrnsen resigned in 2015 after his party sustained losses in state parliament election.

1949Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player[†]

Joseph GĂ©rard Marquis Tardif is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and the World Hockey Association (WHA), principally for the Quebec Nordiques, and is the all-time leading goal scorer in the WHA, scoring 316. He won the Gordie Howe Trophy as the league MVP in 1976 and 1978.

John Wetton

1949John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2017)[†]

John Kenneth Wetton was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. Although he was left-handed, he was known for his skilled right-handed bass playing as well as his booming baritone voice. In 1971, he was a member of the rock band Family for a short time, before joining King Crimson in 1972. After the breakup of King Crimson at the end of 1974, he played in a number of other bands, including Roxy Music (1974–1975), Uriah Heep (1975–1976), U.K. (1977–1980), and Wishbone Ash (1980–1981).