Before his accidental death at age 44, Argenta had talked his way out of being executed by a firing squad during the Spanish Civil War, and survived typhoid fever.
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Was well on his way to becoming the most celebrated Spanish conductor of the 20th century in spite of poor health, when he died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. He had gone to his garage, turned on the heating as well as the gas in his car to warm himself up, but inhaled carbon monoxide instead.
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