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	Howard spent the 1930s drifting around Europe, where he had affairs with various young men before settling on Toni, a young blond German bisexual who he had met in Munich. In September 1935 he and Toni were staying at the same pension as [[Christopher Isherwood]] and Klaus Mann in Amsterdam. Returning to Britain at the outbreak of WWII, he held position in the M15 and in the Royal Air Force during the war.<ref>[[Koymasky]]</ref>		Howard spent the 1930s drifting around Europe, where he had affairs with various young men before settling on Toni, a young blond German bisexual who he had met in Munich. In September 1935 he and Toni were staying at the same pension as [[Christopher Isherwood]] and Klaus Mann in Amsterdam. Returning to Britain at the outbreak of WWII, he held position in the M15 and in the Royal Air Force during the war.<ref>[[Koymasky]]</ref>

	Howard was a customer at the Swiss pub (later called [[~~Comptoms~~]]) and [[Michael Davison]] remarked that 'poor Brian Howard (was) a haunted soul hungry for tragedy, racked by the tormenting ecstasies of seeking the divine friend much desired' <ref> p 232 Michael Davidson (1977) in The World, My Flesh and Myself (Quartet Books) </ref>.		Howard was a customer at the Swiss pub (later called [[Comptons]]) and [[Michael Davison]] remarked that 'poor Brian Howard (was) a haunted soul hungry for tragedy, racked by the tormenting ecstasies of seeking the divine friend much desired' <ref> p 232 Michael Davidson (1977) in The World, My Flesh and Myself (Quartet Books) </ref>.

	He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II''].</ref><ref name=glbtq>Patricia Juliana Smith, [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html "Brian Howard (1905-1958)" (dead link)], ''[[glbtq Encyclopedia]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html Archived] as at August 2007.</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.		He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II''].</ref><ref name=glbtq>Patricia Juliana Smith, [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html "Brian Howard (1905-1958)" (dead link)], ''[[glbtq Encyclopedia]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html Archived] as at August 2007.</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.

Wessexman: Howard by Davidson

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Howard by Davidson

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	Howard spent the 1930s drifting around Europe, where he had affairs with various young men before settling on Toni, a young blond German bisexual who he had met in Munich. In September 1935 he and Toni were staying at the same pension as [[Christopher Isherwood]] and Klaus Mann in Amsterdam. Returning to Britain at the outbreak of WWII, he held position in the M15 and in the Royal Air Force during the war.<ref>[[Koymasky]]</ref>		Howard spent the 1930s drifting around Europe, where he had affairs with various young men before settling on Toni, a young blond German bisexual who he had met in Munich. In September 1935 he and Toni were staying at the same pension as [[Christopher Isherwood]] and Klaus Mann in Amsterdam. Returning to Britain at the outbreak of WWII, he held position in the M15 and in the Royal Air Force during the war.<ref>[[Koymasky]]</ref>

			Howard was a customer at the Swiss pub (later called [[Comptoms]]) and [[Michael Davison]] remarked that 'poor Brian Howard (was) a haunted soul hungry for tragedy, racked by the tormenting ecstasies of seeking the divine friend much desired' <ref> p 232 Michael Davidson (1977) in The World, My Flesh and Myself (Quartet Books) </ref>.

	He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II''].</ref><ref name=glbtq>Patricia Juliana Smith, [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html "Brian Howard (1905-1958)" (dead link)], ''[[glbtq Encyclopedia]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html Archived] as at August 2007.</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.		He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II''].</ref><ref name=glbtq>Patricia Juliana Smith, [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html "Brian Howard (1905-1958)" (dead link)], ''[[glbtq Encyclopedia]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html Archived] as at August 2007.</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.

Ross Burgess at 15:24, 30 July 2017

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	Howard was born to American parents in [[Hascombe]], [[Surrey]], and brought up in London. He was educated at [[Eton College]], where he was one of the ''Eton Arts Society'' group including [[Harold Acton]] and [[Oliver Messel]]. He entered [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the [[Oxford Wits]]. He was one of the ''Hypocrites'' group that included [[Harold Acton]], [[L P Hartley]] and [[Evelyn Waugh]].		Howard was born to American parents in [[Hascombe]], [[Surrey]], and brought up in London. He was educated at [[Eton College]], where he was one of the ''Eton Arts Society'' group including [[Harold Acton]] and [[Oliver Messel]]. He entered [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the [[Oxford Wits]]. He was one of the ''Hypocrites'' group that included [[Harold Acton]], [[L P Hartley]] and [[Evelyn Waugh]].

	It has been suggested<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html "How to keep up with the Letwins"], ''The Independent'', 5 April 2011</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">''The Letters of Evelyn Waugh'', Edited by Mark Amory (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980) \|page= 505}}</ref>		It has been suggested<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html "How to keep up with the Letwins"], ''The Independent'', 5 April 2011.</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">''The Letters of Evelyn Waugh'', Edited by Mark Amory (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980) page 505.</ref>

	Howard spent the 1930s drifting around Europe, where he had affairs with various young men before settling on Toni, a young blond German bisexual who he had met in Munich. In September 1935 he and Toni were staying at the same pension as [[Christopher Isherwood]] and Klaus Mann in Amsterdam. Returning to Britain at the outbreak of WWII, he held position in the M15 and in the Royal Air Force during the war.<ref>[[Koymasky]]</ref>		Howard spent the 1930s drifting around Europe, where he had affairs with various young men before settling on Toni, a young blond German bisexual who he had met in Munich. In September 1935 he and Toni were staying at the same pension as [[Christopher Isherwood]] and Klaus Mann in Amsterdam. Returning to Britain at the outbreak of WWII, he held position in the M15 and in the Royal Air Force during the war.<ref>[[Koymasky]]</ref>

	He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II'']</ref><ref name=glbtq>Patricia Juliana Smith, [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html "Brian Howard (1905-1958)" (dead link)], ''[[~~GLBTQ~~]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html Archived] as at August 2007</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.		He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II''].</ref><ref name=glbtq>Patricia Juliana Smith, [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html "Brian Howard (1905-1958)" (dead link)], ''[[glbtq Encyclopedia]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html Archived] as at August 2007.</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.

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	'''Brian Howard (Brian Christian de Claiborne Howard, 1905–1958)~~'''~~ was a poet and later a writer for the ''New Statesman''.		[[File:Brian Howard.jpg\|thumb\|Brian Howard]]'''Brian Howard''' (Brian Christian de Claiborne Howard, 1905–1958) was a poet and later a writer for the ''New Statesman''.

	Howard was born to American parents in [[Hascombe]], [[Surrey]], and brought up in [[London]]. He was educated at [[Eton College]], where he was one of the ''Eton Arts Society'' group including [[Harold Acton]] and [[Oliver Messel]]. He entered [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the [[Oxford Wits]]. He was one of the ''Hypocrites'' group that included [[Harold Acton]], [[L P Hartley]] and [[Evelyn Waugh]].		Howard was born to American parents in [[Hascombe]], [[Surrey]], and brought up in London. He was educated at [[Eton College]], where he was one of the ''Eton Arts Society'' group including [[Harold Acton]] and [[Oliver Messel]]. He entered [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the [[Oxford Wits]]. He was one of the ''Hypocrites'' group that included [[Harold Acton]], [[L P Hartley]] and [[Evelyn Waugh]].

	It has been suggested<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html "How to keep up with the Letwins"], ''The Independent'', 5 April 2011</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">''The Letters of Evelyn Waugh'', Edited by Mark Amory (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980) \|page= 505}}</ref>		It has been suggested<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html "How to keep up with the Letwins"], ''The Independent'', 5 April 2011</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">''The Letters of Evelyn Waugh'', Edited by Mark Amory (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980) \|page= 505}}</ref>

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	It has been suggested<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html "How to keep up with the Letwins"], ''The Independent'', 5 April 2011</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">''The Letters of Evelyn Waugh'', Edited by Mark Amory (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980) \|page= 505}}</ref>		It has been suggested<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html "How to keep up with the Letwins"], ''The Independent'', 5 April 2011</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">''The Letters of Evelyn Waugh'', Edited by Mark Amory (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980) \|page= 505}}</ref>

			Howard spent the 1930s drifting around Europe, where he had affairs with various young men before settling on Toni, a young blond German bisexual who he had met in Munich. In September 1935 he and Toni were staying at the same pension as [[Christopher Isherwood]] and Klaus Mann in Amsterdam. Returning to Britain at the outbreak of WWII, he held position in the M15 and in the Royal Air Force during the war.<ref>[[Koymasky]]</ref>

	He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II'']</ref><ref name=glbtq>Patricia Juliana Smith, [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html "Brian Howard (1905-1958)" (dead link)], ''[[GLBTQ]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html Archived] as at August 2007</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.		He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II'']</ref><ref name=glbtq>Patricia Juliana Smith, [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html "Brian Howard (1905-1958)" (dead link)], ''[[GLBTQ]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html Archived] as at August 2007</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.

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	Howard was born to American parents in [[Hascombe]], [[Surrey]], and brought up in [[London]]. He was educated at [[Eton College]], where he was one of the ''Eton Arts Society'' group including [[Harold Acton]] and [[Oliver Messel]]. He entered [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the [[Oxford Wits]]. He was one of the ''Hypocrites'' group that included [[Harold Acton]], [[L P Hartley]] and [[Evelyn Waugh]].		Howard was born to American parents in [[Hascombe]], [[Surrey]], and brought up in [[London]]. He was educated at [[Eton College]], where he was one of the ''Eton Arts Society'' group including [[Harold Acton]] and [[Oliver Messel]]. He entered [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the [[Oxford Wits]]. He was one of the ''Hypocrites'' group that included [[Harold Acton]], [[L P Hartley]] and [[Evelyn Waugh]].

	It has been suggested<ref>~~{{cite news\| url=~~http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html ~~\| work=The Independent \| date=5 April 2011 \| location=London \| title=~~How to keep up with the Letwins}}</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">~~{{cite book \|last=~~Waugh ~~\|first=Evelyn \|author2=~~Edited by Mark Amory ~~\|year=1980 \|title=[[The Letters of Evelyn Waugh]] \|publisher=[[~~Weidenfeld & Nicolson~~]] \|isbn=1-85799-245-8~~ \|page= 505}}</ref>		It has been suggested<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html "How to keep up with the Letwins"], ''The Independent'', 5 April 2011</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">''The Letters of Evelyn Waugh'', Edited by Mark Amory (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980) \|page= 505}}</ref>

	He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II'']</ref><ref name=glbtq>~~{{cite web \|title=Brian Howard (1905-1958) \|url=~~http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html ~~\|work=~~[[~~glbtq.com~~]] ~~\|year=2002 \|last=Smith \|first=Patricia Juliana \|accessdate=2007-07-02 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=~~https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html ~~\|archivedate=14~~ August 2007 ~~\|df=dmy-all }}~~</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.		He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II'']</ref><ref name=glbtq>Patricia Juliana Smith, [http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html "Brian Howard (1905-1958)" (dead link)], ''[[GLBTQ]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html Archived] as at August 2007</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.

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	It has been suggested<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html \| work=The Independent \| date=5 April 2011 \| location=London \| title=How to keep up with the Letwins}}</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">{{cite book \|last=Waugh \|first=Evelyn \|author2=Edited by Mark Amory \|year=1980 \|title=[[The Letters of Evelyn Waugh]] \|publisher=[[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]] \|isbn=1-85799-245-8 \|page= 505}}</ref>		It has been suggested<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html \| work=The Independent \| date=5 April 2011 \| location=London \| title=How to keep up with the Letwins}}</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">{{cite book \|last=Waugh \|first=Evelyn \|author2=Edited by Mark Amory \|year=1980 \|title=[[The Letters of Evelyn Waugh]] \|publisher=[[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]] \|isbn=1-85799-245-8 \|page= 505}}</ref>

	He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II'']</ref><ref name=glbtq>{{cite web \|title=Brian Howard (1905-1958) \|url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html \|work=[[glbtq.com]] \|year=2002 \|last=Smith \|first=Patricia Juliana \|accessdate=2007-07-02 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html \|archivedate=14 August 2007 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> They were buried alongside each other at [[Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice]].		He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II'']</ref><ref name=glbtq>{{cite web \|title=Brian Howard (1905-1958) \|url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html \|work=[[glbtq.com]] \|year=2002 \|last=Smith \|first=Patricia Juliana \|accessdate=2007-07-02 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html \|archivedate=14 August 2007 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> They were buried alongside each other at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.

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