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Turing was found dead by his housekeeper on June 8, 1954.<ref>The housekeeper found him the morning after he had died</ref> The cause of death after an autopsy was determined to be cyanide poisoning; however, there was also a half eaten apple beside the bed. The apple was not tested for traces of cyanide.<ref name=hodges>Hodges, Andrew (1983). Alan Turing : the enigma. London: Burnett Books. ISBN 0-09-152130-0.</ref> Turing's death has been cause for much speculation, as parts of it seem accidental; for instance, the poisoning seems more consistent with inhalation than ingestion, leading some to believe that he accidentally inhaled fumes while sleeping from an apparatus of his set up in the spare room.<ref>Pease, Roland (23 June 2012). "Alan Turing: Inquest's suicide verdict 'not supportable'". BBC News.</ref> Some speculate that Turing let the accidental nature of his death happen on purpose, as a way to give his mother [[plausible deniability]].<ref name=hodges/>

Turing was found dead by his housekeeper on June 8, 1954.<ref>The housekeeper found him the morning after he had died</ref> The cause of death after an autopsy was determined to be cyanide poisoning; however, there was also a half eaten apple beside the bed. The apple was not tested for traces of cyanide.<ref name=hodges>Hodges, Andrew (1983). Alan Turing : the enigma. London: Burnett Books. ISBN 0-09-152130-0.</ref> Turing's death has been cause for much speculation, as parts of it seem accidental; for instance, the poisoning seems more consistent with inhalation than ingestion, leading some to believe that he accidentally inhaled fumes while sleeping from an apparatus of his set up in the spare room.<ref>Pease, Roland (23 June 2012). "Alan Turing: Inquest's suicide verdict 'not supportable'". BBC News.</ref> Some speculate that Turing let the accidental nature of his death happen on purpose, as a way to give his mother [[plausible deniability]].<ref name=hodges/>

These events have been dramatized in Hugh Whitemore's play ''Breaking the Code'' and in the Hollywood film ''The Imitation Game'' both of which have contributed to the growing myth of a "gay martyr". The inaccuracy of that picture is measured by the fact that there were many Oxford dons in this period who were openly homosexual and no steps were taken against them. There were also many cases of heterosexuals committing suicide because of sex-scandals, the most famous being Dr Stephen Ward, who was mixed up in the Profumo affair. <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10488686/The-Profumo-Affair-It-was-decided-that-Stephen-Ward-had-to-die.html</ref>

These events have been dramatized in Hugh Whitemore's play ''Breaking the Code'' and in the Hollywood film ''The Imitation Game'' both of which have contributed to the growing myth of a "gay martyr". The inaccuracy of that picture is measured by the fact that there were many Oxford dons in this period who were openly homosexual and no steps were taken against them. There were also many cases of heterosexuals committing suicide because of sex-scandals, the most famous being Dr Stephen Ward, who was mixed up in the Profumo affair in 1963. <ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10488686/The-Profumo-Affair-It-was-decided-that-Stephen-Ward-had-to-die.html</ref>

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