# NZPA-Reuter 1988: Eighth British boffin dies oddly

> NZPA-Reuter, 1988. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The Press, 28 March 1988, p. 1, carrying Reuters: Trevor Knight, 52, Marconi guided-weapons…

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[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)NZPA-Reuter 1988

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# Eighth British boffin dies oddly

NZPA-Reuter, 1988.

**Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990** Article0

## What it's used for here

The Press, 28 March 1988, p. 1, carrying Reuters: Trevor Knight, 52, Marconi guided-weapons division, found dead in his fume-filled car; Doug Hoyle to ask for an inquiry; the count stood at eight dead, one attempted suicide, one missing. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Stuff Ltd).

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The list grew from three Marconi deaths to thirty, mostly from other employers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGCPGJB4M1/the-list-grew-from-three-marconi-deaths-to-thirty-mostly)

Evidence

EVD

[David Greenhalgh falls from a railway bridge and survives](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14SGE3/david-greenhalgh-falls-from-a-railway-bridge-and-survives)

EVT

[Trevor Knight found dead in his car](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14R22T/trevor-knight-found-dead-in-his-car)

EVT

[The Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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NZPA-Reuter (1988). Eighth British boffin dies oddly. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19880328.2.10
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