Theodore Curphey (original) (raw)
Theodore Joscelyn Curphey (October 25, 1897 – November 27, 1986) was an American coroner who was the chief coroner for Los Angeles and Nassau (New York) Counties. Curphey was elected Nassau County medical examiner on December 15, 1937 by the Nassau County Board of Supervisors. Prior to becoming county medical examiner, Curphey had worked as a pathologist at in Brooklyn and Meadowbrook Hospital in East Meadow, New York. As Nassau County's Chief Medical Examiner he oversaw the autopsies of Robert L. Bacon, Janet Fay, Owen Davis, Jr., and William Woodward, Jr. He also worked with the FBI to identify the fatalities of Northeast Airlines Flight 823. While working as Nassau County Medical Examiner, Curphey also served as the Chairman of the New York State Medical Society's Public Health and Edu
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | Theodore Joscelyn Curphey (October 25, 1897 – November 27, 1986) was an American coroner who was the chief coroner for Los Angeles and Nassau (New York) Counties. Curphey was elected Nassau County medical examiner on December 15, 1937 by the Nassau County Board of Supervisors. Prior to becoming county medical examiner, Curphey had worked as a pathologist at in Brooklyn and Meadowbrook Hospital in East Meadow, New York. As Nassau County's Chief Medical Examiner he oversaw the autopsies of Robert L. Bacon, Janet Fay, Owen Davis, Jr., and William Woodward, Jr. He also worked with the FBI to identify the fatalities of Northeast Airlines Flight 823. While working as Nassau County Medical Examiner, Curphey also served as the Chairman of the New York State Medical Society's Public Health and Education Committee, President of the Nassau County Medical Society, and Chairman of the Nassau County Committee of the American Cancer Society. On March 19, 1957, Curphey was announced as the first Coroner of Los Angeles County. In his first year as coroner, he was involved in a dispute with local morticians over delay in issuing death certificates. In November 1958, Curphey's autopsy procedures were investigated by a grand jury, which accused him of misconduct. The charges against Curphey were later brought before the Los Angeles County Civil Service Commission, which promised him that no further complaints will be filed against him. Curphey was the chief coroner during the investigation into the death of Marilyn Monroe. On August 7, 1962, soon after her August 4 death, Curphey announced that a massive overdose of barbiturates was the cause of death. He later said she had lethal doses of both Nembutal or chloral hydrate and she could have been killed by either. Curphey also administered the autopsies of Jack Westrope, George Reeves, Davey Moore, Red Sanders, and Dorothy Dandridge. Curphey retired on October 25, 1967 from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. After his retirement he served as consultant in forensic medicine and on the Suicide Prevention Bureau, which he founded. (en) |
| dbo:birthDate | 1897-10-25 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:birthPlace | dbr:Kingston,_Jamaica |
| dbo:deathDate | 1986-11-27 (xsd:date) |
| dbo:deathPlace | dbr:Pasadena,_California |
| dbo:occupation | dbr:Coroner dbr:Pathology |
| dbo:termPeriod | dbr:Theodore_Curphey__Tenure__1 dbr:Theodore_Curphey__Tenure__2 |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 23256602 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 6171 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1102431388 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Death_of_Marilyn_Monroe dbc:American_coroners dbr:Pentobarbital dbr:Robert_L._Bacon dbc:Marilyn_Monroe dbr:George_Reeves dbr:Coroner dbr:Thomas_Noguchi dbr:Los_Angeles_County dbr:Pathology dbc:1897_births dbc:1986_deaths dbc:People_from_Kingston,_Jamaica dbc:People_from_Pasadena,_California dbr:Brooklyn dbr:American_Cancer_Society dbr:East_Meadow,_New_York dbr:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation dbr:Pasadena,_California dbr:Northeast_Airlines_Flight_823 dbr:Jack_Westrope dbr:Chloral_hydrate dbr:William_Woodward,_Jr. dbr:Dorothy_Dandridge dbc:People_from_Garden_City,_New_York dbr:Kingston,_Jamaica dbr:Nassau_County,_New_York dbr:Nassau_University_Medical_Center dbr:Raymond_Fernandez_and_Martha_Beck dbr:Red_Sanders dbr:Owen_Davis,_Jr. dbr:Davey_Moore_(1960s) dbr:Los_Angeles_County_Coroner dbr:Overdose_of_barbiturates dbr:St._John's_Hospital_(Brooklyn,_NY) |
| dbp:birthDate | 1897-10-25 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:birthPlace | dbr:Kingston,_Jamaica |
| dbp:deathDate | 1986-11-27 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:deathPlace | dbr:Pasadena,_California |
| dbp:name | Theodore Curphey (en) |
| dbp:occupation | dbr:Coroner dbr:Pathology |
| dbp:predecessor | Carl A. Hettesheimer (en) Edward A. Winstanley (en) |
| dbp:successor | dbr:Thomas_Noguchi Leslie Lukash (en) |
| dbp:termEnd | 1957-03-19 (xsd:date) 1967-10-25 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:termStart | 1937-12-15 (xsd:date) 1957-03-19 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:title | Los Angeles County Coroner (en) Chief Medical Examiner of Nassau County (en) |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Infobox_officeholder dbt:Reflist dbt:Short_description dbt:Death_date_and_age |
| dct:subject | dbc:American_coroners dbc:Marilyn_Monroe dbc:1897_births dbc:1986_deaths dbc:People_from_Kingston,_Jamaica dbc:People_from_Pasadena,_California dbc:People_from_Garden_City,_New_York |
| gold:hypernym | dbr:Coroner |
| rdf:type | owl:Thing foaf:Person dbo:Person dul:NaturalPerson wikidata:Q19088 wikidata:Q215627 wikidata:Q5 wikidata:Q729 wikidata:Q82955 yago:WikicatAmericanCoroners dbo:Animal dbo:Eukaryote dbo:Species schema:Person yago:WikicatPeopleFromGardenCity,NewYork yago:WikicatPeopleFromPasadena,California yago:CausalAgent100007347 yago:Coroner109965985 yago:Expert109617867 yago:Investigator110215623 yago:LivingThing100004258 yago:Object100002684 yago:Organism100004475 yago:Person100007846 yago:PhysicalEntity100001930 yago:YagoLegalActor yago:YagoLegalActorGeo dbo:Politician yago:Whole100003553 dbo:OfficeHolder |
| rdfs:comment | Theodore Joscelyn Curphey (October 25, 1897 – November 27, 1986) was an American coroner who was the chief coroner for Los Angeles and Nassau (New York) Counties. Curphey was elected Nassau County medical examiner on December 15, 1937 by the Nassau County Board of Supervisors. Prior to becoming county medical examiner, Curphey had worked as a pathologist at in Brooklyn and Meadowbrook Hospital in East Meadow, New York. As Nassau County's Chief Medical Examiner he oversaw the autopsies of Robert L. Bacon, Janet Fay, Owen Davis, Jr., and William Woodward, Jr. He also worked with the FBI to identify the fatalities of Northeast Airlines Flight 823. While working as Nassau County Medical Examiner, Curphey also served as the Chairman of the New York State Medical Society's Public Health and Edu (en) |
| rdfs:label | Theodore Curphey (en) |
| owl:sameAs | freebase:Theodore Curphey yago-res:Theodore Curphey wikidata:Theodore Curphey https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4wuWb |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Theodore_Curphey?oldid=1102431388&ns=0 |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Theodore_Curphey |
| foaf:name | Theodore Curphey (en) |
| is dbo:predecessor of | dbr:Thomas_Noguchi__Tenure__1 |
| is dbo:wikiPageDisambiguates of | dbr:Curphey |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:Death_of_Marilyn_Monroe dbr:Curphey dbr:List_of_people_from_Kingston,_Jamaica dbr:The_Legend_of_Marilyn_Monroe dbr:Thomas_Noguchi dbr:Red_Sanders dbr:Los_Angeles_County_Department_of_Medical_Examiner-Coroner |
| is dbp:coroner of | dbr:Death_of_Marilyn_Monroe |
| is dbp:predecessor of | dbr:Thomas_Noguchi |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Theodore_Curphey |