Carl Tanzler
Deceased Person
1877 – 1952
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Who was Carl Tanzler?
Carl Tanzler, or sometimes Count Carl von Cosel, was a German-born radiologic technologist at the United States Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida who developed a morbid obsession for a young Cuban-American tuberculosis patient, Elena Milagro "Helen" de Hoyos, that carried on well after the disease had caused her death. In 1933, almost two years after her death, Tanzler removed Hoyos's body from its tomb, and lived with the corpse at his home for seven years until its discovery by Hoyos's relatives and authorities in 1940.
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- Born
- Feb 8, 1877
Dresden - Also known as
- Танцлер, Карл
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- Florida
- Died
- Jul 3, 1952
Pasco County
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on July 23, 2013
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