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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
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Second-most populous city in Pennsylvania, U.S.
Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The city is located in southwestern Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River, which combine to form the Ohio River. It is the second-most populous city…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Harry Kendall Thaw
American playboy (1871–1947)
Harry Kendall Thaw was the son of American coal and railroad baron William Thaw Sr. Heir to a multimillion-dollar fortune, he is most notable for having shot and killed the renowned architect Stanford White in front of hundreds of witnesses at the rooftop theatre of New York…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Stanford White was an American architect and a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms at the turn of the 20th century. White designed many houses for the wealthy, in addition to numerous civic, institutional and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)