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Frantisek Kotzwara (Czech name: František Kočvara) (1730^[1] – February 2, 1791^[2]) was a virtuoso double bassist ^[1] and composer of fantasia sonatas with a military theme. He is also as well known, if not more so, due to the notorious nature of his death. ^[1]

On September 2, 1791 while he was in London, Kotzwara visited a prostitute in Vine Street, Westminster named Susannah Hill. After dinner with her in her lodgings, Kotzwara paid her two shillings and requested that she cut off his testicles. Hill refused to do so. Kotzwara then proceeded to tie a ligature around the doorknob and then his neck and proceeded to have sexual intercourse with Hill. After it was over, Kotzwara was dead. His is most likely the first recorded death from erotic asphyxiation.^{[3][1]
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantisek_Kotzwara}