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<title>
Dec. 16, 1991: Was It Suicide?
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Dec. 16, 1991 The Smile of Freedom
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 56
Was It Suicide?
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<p> Robert Maxwell may be resting in peace in an Israeli
cemetery, but the rumors about how he met his demise refuse to
die down. Spanish investigators contend that Maxwell suffered a
heart attack, but last week's revelations that $767 million
mysteriously disappeared from a pair of Maxwell operations
during the months leading up to his death have revived the
speculation. There are three schools of tabloid-style musings:
</p>
<p>-- MAXWELL KILLED HIMSELF! One version holds that Maxwell
took his life knowing the financial dam was about to burst. The
Daily Express in London reports that Maxwell seemed agitated and
depressed during his "last supper." A variation is that he was
suffering from a fatal disease, supported in one tabloid by
Spanish doctors.
</p>
<p>-- MAXWELL'S ALIVE! The Sun, a British tabloid, suggests
that he might be hiding in South America while some other large
chap rests in Jerusalem's Mount of Olives. The Guardian states,
"The Spanish authorities have no evidence other than the word
of his family that the body pulled from the sea...was that
of Mr. Maxwell."
</p>
<p>-- MAXWELL WAS KILLED! A rumor among cynical Israeli
journalists is that Maxwell was an agent for the Mossad,
Israel's spy agency. Thus Israel's enemies rubbed him out. Or
was it that the Mossad executed Captain Bob to prevent him from
exposing secrets? Or did he launder millions from secret arms
sales to Iran and get killed "to shut him up." Then there's the
one that Maxwell was hammered by New York Mafia hit men angry
about layoffs at the Daily News. Or maybe...
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