In the same dwelling in which his wife-sorrowing over the death of their son following a tonsilectomy-had shot herself to death. George A. Brereton, 67, yesterday put a bullet through his head.
The second tragedy-20 years after the first-occured at 7021 Miramonte Blvd., home of Brereton's daughter, Mrs. Emily Lathrop, according to Firestone Park substation Sherriff's deputies.
Encyclopedia Titanica (2003) Tragedy Repeats in Dual Suicide (Los Angeles Times, Friday 17th July 1942, ref: #1806, published 1 August 2003, generated 5th December 2024 10:09:00 PM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/tragedy-repeats-dual-suicide.html
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