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Gacy, John Wayne

LC control no.n 79116782
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Personal name headingGacy, John Wayne
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Birth date1942-03-10
Death date1994-05-10
Found inLinedecker, C. L. The man who killed boys, 1980 (subj.) info. from publr. (John Wayne Gacy, Jr.)
FTS call to publr. (in text: John Gacy; John Wayne Gacy)
Wikipedia October 19, 2022: (John Wayne Gacy, March 17, 1942-May 10, 1994, was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and boys. Gacy regularly performed at children's hospitals and charitable events as "Pogo the Clown" or "Patches the Clown", personas he had devised. He became known as the Killer Clown due to his public services as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes)
Associated languageeng