Stewart and Cyril Marcus
Stewart and Cyril Marcus were identical twin gynecologists who practiced together in New York City. On July 19, 1975, they were found dead due to withdrawal from barbiturate addiction in their Manhattan apartment at 450 East 63rd Street.[1]
The Marcus brothers' lives and the circumstances of their deaths are the subject of an article in Ron Rosenbaum's collection of essays, The Secret Parts of Fortune. Film director David Cronenberg drew on elements from the biography of the Marcus brothers for his 1988 movie Dead Ringers, in particular their decline and their death.
Footnotes
- ↑ Weinman, Sarah (September 20, 2007). "It happened here". Time Out New York.
Further reading
- Bari Wood and Jack Geasland (1977): Twins (ISBN 978-0451136541)
- Ron Rosenbaum (2001): The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms Pages 97–117. (ISBN 0060934468)