On June 8, 1954, Turing's cleaner found him dead. He had died the day before. The cause of death was cyanide poisoning. When the body was found, an apple lay half-eaten beside his bed, although the apple was not tested for cyanide, it was speculated that this was how the fatal dose was consumed. The suspicion was strengthened when his fascination with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was revealed. They determined that he had committed suicide. Turing was cremated at Working Crematorium on June 12 1954. Turing's ashes were scattered there, just as his father's had been.
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