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Six famous or infamous men who committed suicide:

1. Edmund Ruffin-fired first shot of Civil War

2. Wallace Carothers-inventor of nylon

3. John Forrestal-first Secretary of Defense

4. Edwin Armstrong-devised FM stereo radio

5. Paul Federn-last living Freud student

6. Frank Nitti-Al Capone’s enforcer