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Also, Oliver Reed’s last film. During production in Malta he went out one day and quite literally drank himself to death. Fortunately for the production most of his scenes were complete.


4 posted on 05/02/2020 3:35:30 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Rummyfan
During production in Malta he went out one day and quite literally drank himself to death.

According to Wikipedia (i.e., 'the font of all knowledge' ;^):

"[Reed] drank eight pints of German lager, a dozen shots of rum, half a bottle of whiskey and a few shots of Hennessy cognac, in a drinking match against a group of sailors on shore leave from HMS Cumberland at a local pub."

Since it was probably ingested over a period of several hours, I doubt it would actually kill most serious drinkers...

;^)

33 posted on 05/02/2020 5:01:58 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("Urban Dictionary" - A website 'of the urban dicks, by the urban dicks, and for the urban dicks.')
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