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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Amazingly this rumor actually has its origin from Gabriele D'Annunzio in the 1930s. It has been repeated for other famous people throughout history.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I heard it about David Bowie in the 1980s.