Lizzie Borden | |
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Born | Lizzie Andrew Borden July 19, 1860 |
Died | June 1, 1927 Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 66)
Resting place | Oak Grove Cemetery |
Other names | Lizbeth Borden |
Known for | Suspected homicide of father and step mother |
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Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts.[1] No one else was charged in the murders, and, despite ostracism from other residents, Borden spent the remainder of her life in Fall River. She died of pneumonia at the age of 66, just days before the death of her older sister, Emma.
The Borden murders and trial received widespread publicity in the United States, and have remained a topic in American popular culture depicted in numerous films, theatrical productions, literary works, and folk rhymes around the Fall River area.[2]
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