József Barsi: Difference between revisions

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==Early life and marriages==

[[File:Jozsef,_Klara,_Agi_&_Barna.png|thumb|József with his first wife, Klara, and their two children, Ági (left) and Barna (right).]]

József was born on November 26, 1932, in a "[rough] industrial" area of Hungary,<ref name=latimes /> during the reign of [[wikipedia:Miklós Horthy|Admiral Horthy]]. His surname indicates that his ancestors probably came from [[Wikipedia:Bars County|Bars]], modern day [[Wikipedia:Tekov|Tekov]] in [[Wikipedia:Slovakia|Slovakia]]. An [[wikipedia:Legitimacy (law)|illegitimate]] child, József never knew his father and suffered from social rejection and bullying by other children and from his own school teachers.<ref name=Documentary/><ref name=agibarsi /> His first daughter, Ági, later speculated that József resented his mother for allowing his father to abandon him, and consequently viewed all women as "whores".<ref name=agibarsi />

József was born on November 26th, 1932; in a "[rough] industrial" area of Hungary,<ref name=latimes /> during the reign of [[wikipedia:Miklós Horthy|Admiral Horthy]]. His surname indicates that his ancestors probably came from [[Wikipedia:Bars County|Bars]], modern day [[Wikipedia:Tekov|Tekov]] in [[Wikipedia:Slovakia|Slovakia]]. An [[wikipedia:Legitimacy (law)|illegitimate]] child, József never knew his father and suffered from social rejection and bullying by other children and from his own school teachers.<ref name=Documentary/><ref name=agibarsi /> His first daughter, Ági, later speculated that József resented his mother for allowing his father to abandon him, and consequently viewed all women as "whores".<ref name=agibarsi />

At age 19, József [[wikipedia:Hungarian diaspora|fled]] his now [[wikipedia:People's Republic of Hungary|Communist-ruled homeland]] after the [[wikipedia:1956 Hungarian Revolution#Soviet intervention of 4 November|1956 Soviet occupation]]. He initially settled in [[wikipedia:France|France]] and married a fellow Hungarian refugee named Klara, with whom he had two children, a son named Barna (1957-1995), and a daughter named Ági (1958-2008). József soon developed a [[w:alcoholism|drinking problem]] and began to physically abuse his wife.<ref name=agibarsi>Barsi, Ági (1999), ''What will you do?'', A Better Life, ISBN 0967169399</ref>

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==Murder-suicide==

Judith was last seen on the morning of Monday, July 25th, 1988, while she was riding her bike on her street.<ref name="Documentary">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqsL2c73OHc DEATH OF A FAMILY - Judith Barsi's story], ''Arnold Shapiro Productions'' (1989)</ref> On that same night, József shot Judith in the head while she was asleep in her room. Maria, hearing the gunshot, ran down the hall, where József met her and shot her as well. József spent the next two days wandering around the house,<ref name="Documentary" /> and said during a phone call with Judith's agent on Tuesday night that he intended to move out for good, and just needed time to "say goodbye to [my] little girl."<ref name="latimes" /> Then, he poured gasoline on the bodies and set the two of them on fire.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-29/local/me-7875_1_child-actress Local News in Brief : Bodies Identified as Child Actress, Mother], ''LA Times'' (July 29, 1988)</ref> Later, he went into the garage and shot himself in the head with a .32 caliber pistol. <ref name="fuentes">[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-28/local/me-9912_1_apparent-murder-suicide Three Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide], ''LA Times'' (July 28, 1988)</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/30/us/child-actress-is-slain-apparently-by-father.html Child Actress Is Slain, Apparently by Father], ''NY Times'' (July 30, 1988)</ref>

Judith was last seen on the morning of Monday, July 25th, 1988; while she was riding her bike on her street.<ref name="Documentary">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqsL2c73OHc DEATH OF A FAMILY - Judith Barsi's story], ''Arnold Shapiro Productions'' (1989)</ref> On that same night, József shot Judith in the head while she was asleep in her room. Maria, hearing the gunshot, ran down the hall, where József met her and shot her as well. József spent the next two days wandering around the house,<ref name="Documentary" /> and said during a phone call with Judith's agent on Tuesday night that he intended to move out for good, and just needed time to "say goodbye to [my] little girl."<ref name="latimes" /> Then, he poured gasoline on the bodies and set the two of them on fire.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-29/local/me-7875_1_child-actress Local News in Brief : Bodies Identified as Child Actress, Mother], ''LA Times'' (July 29, 1988)</ref> Later, he went into the garage and shot himself in the head with a .32 caliber pistol. <ref name="fuentes">[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-28/local/me-9912_1_apparent-murder-suicide Three Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide], ''LA Times'' (July 28, 1988)</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/30/us/child-actress-is-slain-apparently-by-father.html Child Actress Is Slain, Apparently by Father], ''NY Times'' (July 30, 1988)</ref>

==Aftermath==

While Judith and Maria were buried together in an unmarked grave on August 9th, 1988, the location of József's grave is a mystery, and so is whether he was even buried or cremated, or simply decomposed on the ground.<ref name="lundberg" />

While Judith and Maria were buried together in an unmarked grave on August 9th, 1988; the location of József's grave is a mystery, and so is whether he was even buried or cremated, or simply decomposed on the ground.<ref name="lundberg" />

Jozsef's son from his first marriage, Barna, became a chronic alcoholic and committed suicide by throwing himself off a bridge in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1995. His first daughter, Ági, developed breast cancer in 1997 and became a radio talk show host and an author of self-help books.<ref name="agibarsi" /> She succumbed to her cancer in 2008.

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 ==Early life and marriages==
 [[File:Jozsef,_Klara,_Agi_&_Barna.png|thumb|József with his first wife, Klara, and their two children, Ági (left) and Barna (right).]]
-József was born on November 26, 1932, in a "[rough] industrial" area of Hungary,<ref name=latimes /> during the reign of [[wikipedia:Miklós Horthy|Admiral Horthy]]. His surname indicates that his ancestors probably came from [[Wikipedia:Bars County|Bars]], modern day [[Wikipedia:Tekov|Tekov]] in [[Wikipedia:Slovakia|Slovakia]]. An [[wikipedia:Legitimacy (law)|illegitimate]] child, József never knew his father and suffered from social rejection and bullying by other children and from his own school teachers.<ref name=Documentary/><ref name=agibarsi /> His first daughter, Ági, later speculated that József resented his mother for allowing his father to abandon him, and consequently viewed all women as "whores".<ref name=agibarsi />
+József was born on November 26<sup>th</sup>, 1932; in a "[rough] industrial" area of Hungary,<ref name=latimes /> during the reign of [[wikipedia:Miklós Horthy|Admiral Horthy]]. His surname indicates that his ancestors probably came from [[Wikipedia:Bars County|Bars]], modern day [[Wikipedia:Tekov|Tekov]] in [[Wikipedia:Slovakia|Slovakia]]. An [[wikipedia:Legitimacy (law)|illegitimate]] child, József never knew his father and suffered from social rejection and bullying by other children and from his own school teachers.<ref name=Documentary/><ref name=agibarsi /> His first daughter, Ági, later speculated that József resented his mother for allowing his father to abandon him, and consequently viewed all women as "whores".<ref name=agibarsi />
 At age 19, József [[wikipedia:Hungarian diaspora|fled]] his now [[wikipedia:People's Republic of Hungary|Communist-ruled homeland]] after the [[wikipedia:1956 Hungarian Revolution#Soviet intervention of 4 November|1956 Soviet occupation]]. He initially settled in [[wikipedia:France|France]] and married a fellow Hungarian refugee named Klara, with whom he had two children, a son named Barna (1957-1995), and a daughter named Ági (1958-2008). József soon developed a [[w:alcoholism|drinking problem]] and began to physically abuse his wife.<ref name=agibarsi>Barsi, Ági (1999), ''What will you do?'', A Better Life, ISBN 0967169399</ref>
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 ==Murder-suicide==
-Judith was last seen on the morning of Monday, July 25<sup>th</sup>, 1988, while she was riding her bike on her street.<ref name="Documentary">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqsL2c73OHc DEATH OF A FAMILY - Judith Barsi's story], ''Arnold Shapiro Productions'' (1989)</ref> On that same night, József shot Judith in the head while she was asleep in her room. Maria, hearing the gunshot, ran down the hall, where József met her and shot her as well. József spent the next two days wandering around the house,<ref name="Documentary" /> and said during a phone call with Judith's agent on Tuesday night that he intended to move out for good, and just needed time to "say goodbye to [my] little girl."<ref name="latimes" /> Then, he poured gasoline on the bodies and set the two of them on fire.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-29/local/me-7875_1_child-actress Local News in Brief : Bodies Identified as Child Actress, Mother], ''LA Times'' (July 29, 1988)</ref> Later, he went into the garage and shot himself in the head with a .32 caliber pistol. <ref name="fuentes">[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-28/local/me-9912_1_apparent-murder-suicide Three Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide], ''LA Times'' (July 28, 1988)</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/30/us/child-actress-is-slain-apparently-by-father.html Child Actress Is Slain, Apparently by Father], ''NY Times'' (July 30, 1988)</ref>
+Judith was last seen on the morning of Monday, July 25<sup>th</sup>, 1988; while she was riding her bike on her street.<ref name="Documentary">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqsL2c73OHc DEATH OF A FAMILY - Judith Barsi's story], ''Arnold Shapiro Productions'' (1989)</ref> On that same night, József shot Judith in the head while she was asleep in her room. Maria, hearing the gunshot, ran down the hall, where József met her and shot her as well. József spent the next two days wandering around the house,<ref name="Documentary" /> and said during a phone call with Judith's agent on Tuesday night that he intended to move out for good, and just needed time to "say goodbye to [my] little girl."<ref name="latimes" /> Then, he poured gasoline on the bodies and set the two of them on fire.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-29/local/me-7875_1_child-actress Local News in Brief : Bodies Identified as Child Actress, Mother], ''LA Times'' (July 29, 1988)</ref> Later, he went into the garage and shot himself in the head with a .32 caliber pistol. <ref name="fuentes">[http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-28/local/me-9912_1_apparent-murder-suicide Three Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide], ''LA Times'' (July 28, 1988)</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/30/us/child-actress-is-slain-apparently-by-father.html Child Actress Is Slain, Apparently by Father], ''NY Times'' (July 30, 1988)</ref>
 ==Aftermath==
-While Judith and Maria were buried together in an unmarked grave on August 9<sup>th</sup>, 1988, the location of József's grave is a mystery, and so is whether he was even buried or cremated, or simply decomposed on the ground.<ref name="lundberg" />
+While Judith and Maria were buried together in an unmarked grave on August 9<sup>th</sup>, 1988; the location of József's grave is a mystery, and so is whether he was even buried or cremated, or simply decomposed on the ground.<ref name="lundberg" />
 Jozsef's son from his first marriage, Barna, became a chronic alcoholic and committed suicide by throwing himself off a bridge in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1995. His first daughter, Ági, developed breast cancer in 1997 and became a radio talk show host and an author of self-help books.<ref name="agibarsi" /> She succumbed to her cancer in 2008.