Death
Just a few days before his death, he was involved in another incident with a toppled crane at Tilbury. This time the driver survived.
De Neumann was killed in an accident in Tilbury Dock on 16 September 1972 just 2 days before his 55th birthday. His ashes were scattered on the River Thames in Gravesend Reach.
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