Alan Turing, AKA "The father of computer" was homosexual, and he was sentenced to prison for being gay in Britain:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turin..._indecency
Homosexuality was a crime in "Britain" and there was law banning it under ""gross indecency" under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885".
He then took his own life with Cyanide:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turin..._indecency
Homosexuality was a crime in "Britain" and there was law banning it under ""gross indecency" under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885".
He then took his own life with Cyanide:
Quote:On 8 June 1954, Turing's housekeeper found him dead at the age of 41; he had died the previous day. Cyanide poisoning was established as the cause of death.