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Marcella Vogt dies during a Garden Island retreat, 1985

Also Marcella Vogt Garden Island death · August 1985 Garden Island death report

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TypeEvent
Date1985-08-11
WithinGarden Island
ErasModern era
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Took place at Garden IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1985-08-11
Kind
Death
Where
Garden Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
deathcommunitycommunication
Within
Garden Island

Summary

The August–September 1985 Beaver Beacon reported that Marcella Vogt died on Garden Island on August 11 while participating in a reported Vision Quest retreat. It said a pathology report and sheriff’s investigation were pending and that she was buried in Boston.

Evidence limits

This is an initial newspaper report. It does not independently establish the cause of death, the retreat’s organization, or the investigation’s outcome.

Sources

  1. Reports that Marcella Vogt died August 11 while participating in a Native American “Vision Quest” ritual on Garden Island, describes the reported three-day fast and sauna treatments, says the cause was awaiting a pathology report, and notes burial in Boston and a planned sheriff’s investigation. It is an initial newspaper report, not a medical, civil, cultural, or law-enforcement record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page August–September combined issue PDF, filed canonically as August 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the initial death report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Marcella Vogt dies during a Garden Island retreat, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/marcella-vogt-garden-island-death-1985/, accessed [date], citing Woman Dies on Garden Island, Beaver Beacon, August–September 1985 (combined issue filed as August). (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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