TIL: William S. Burroughs killed his wife while playing William Tell. She stood 3 meters away from him with a drinking glass on her head. Meaning to shoot the glass, Burroughs shot her in the head. He dismissed the killing as being performed by an external force that wanted to control him.

https://realitystudio.org/biography/documents-on-the-death-of-joan-vollmer-burroughs/
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