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Eben Byers

Industrialist, amateur golfer (1880-1932) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Died at 51

Ebenezer McBurney Byers was an American socialite, sportsman, and industrialist. He won the 1906 U.S. Amateur in golf. He died from jawbone cancer after consuming 1,400 bottles of Radithor, a patent medicine made from radium salts dissolved in water.

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United States
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Status
Deceased
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Lived 1880 to 1932 · aged 51