Known For

Acting

Died

Jun 25, 1984

Place of Birth

United States

Credits

2 titles

James Thornwell

Biography

James R. Thornwell was an American Army Private who, in 1961, was administered LSD without his knowledge during an interrogation by the U.S. Army. In 1978, after learning he had been dosed, Thornwell filed a $10 million lawsuit against the U.S. government, which was ultimately settled for $625,000. He died of an apparent epileptic seizure in 1984, at the age of 46.

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Filmography