Jane Garron of Rothwell, England, was warned in childhood she would die on her birthday. So she spent each anniversary of her birth in bed, where she died on her 100th birthday. General Eumenes, secretary to Alexander the Great, dominated the other generals after Alexander's death by convincing them that the monarch had appeared in a dream and ordered the council to hold all future meetings in the presence of Alexander's throne, crown, and scepter. Eumenes was obeyed as spokesman for the royal ghost until he himself was slain. The war council was ruled for eight years by an empty chair, Believe It or Not!
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