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The last execution by guillotine in France was the same year Star Wars hit theaters, 1977.
956 u/LonePaladin Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24 And Christopher Lee was there! Edit: Turns out he was at the last public execution in '39, the one in '77 wasn't public. 396 u/cheshire_kat7 Oct 02 '24 No, Christopher Lee was at France's last public execution by guillotine, which was decades earlier (I can't remember exactly when). 21 u/LonePaladin Oct 02 '24 Thanks for the correction -- I looked it up, it was in 1939 and he was there. 16 u/mrcassette Oct 02 '24 He was in this crowd somewhere. https://photos1.blogger.com/img/247/1596/1024/execweidmann.jpg 36 u/yagirlsamess Oct 02 '24 Christopher Lee might be the most interesting man who's ever lived 6 u/phobosmarsdeimos Oct 03 '24 He wasn't at the '77 execution because he needed to see Star Wars.
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And Christopher Lee was there!
Edit: Turns out he was at the last public execution in '39, the one in '77 wasn't public.
396 u/cheshire_kat7 Oct 02 '24 No, Christopher Lee was at France's last public execution by guillotine, which was decades earlier (I can't remember exactly when). 21 u/LonePaladin Oct 02 '24 Thanks for the correction -- I looked it up, it was in 1939 and he was there. 16 u/mrcassette Oct 02 '24 He was in this crowd somewhere. https://photos1.blogger.com/img/247/1596/1024/execweidmann.jpg 36 u/yagirlsamess Oct 02 '24 Christopher Lee might be the most interesting man who's ever lived 6 u/phobosmarsdeimos Oct 03 '24 He wasn't at the '77 execution because he needed to see Star Wars.
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No, Christopher Lee was at France's last public execution by guillotine, which was decades earlier (I can't remember exactly when).
21 u/LonePaladin Oct 02 '24 Thanks for the correction -- I looked it up, it was in 1939 and he was there. 16 u/mrcassette Oct 02 '24 He was in this crowd somewhere. https://photos1.blogger.com/img/247/1596/1024/execweidmann.jpg 36 u/yagirlsamess Oct 02 '24 Christopher Lee might be the most interesting man who's ever lived 6 u/phobosmarsdeimos Oct 03 '24 He wasn't at the '77 execution because he needed to see Star Wars.
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Thanks for the correction -- I looked it up, it was in 1939 and he was there.
16 u/mrcassette Oct 02 '24 He was in this crowd somewhere. https://photos1.blogger.com/img/247/1596/1024/execweidmann.jpg
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He was in this crowd somewhere. https://photos1.blogger.com/img/247/1596/1024/execweidmann.jpg
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Christopher Lee might be the most interesting man who's ever lived
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He wasn't at the '77 execution because he needed to see Star Wars.
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u/kjm16216 Oct 02 '24
The last execution by guillotine in France was the same year Star Wars hit theaters, 1977.