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	==Other Scientologist deaths==		==Other Scientologist deaths==
	~~More~~ Scientologists have died in ~~incidents involving~~ the Fort Harrison Hotel.<ref>{{cite news		Two other Scientologists are reported to have died in the Fort Harrison Hotel over an 18-year period.<ref name="fatal">{{cite news
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	* ], 51, who drowned herself in ] in ] after she quit taking medication for ] and switched to vitamins and minerals as recommended by the Church.
	* ], 45, who died in February 1980 at the Fort Harrison Hotel in a bathtub filled with water so hot it burned his skin off.		* Josephus A. Havenith, 45, who died in February 1980 at the Fort Harrison Hotel in a bathtub filled with water so hot it burned his skin off.
			* Heribert Pfaff, 31, who died of an apparent seizure in the Fort Harrison Hotel in August 1988 after he quit taking medication that controlled his seizures and was placed instead on a program of vitamins and minerals.
	* ], 37, who was found floating in a Dunedin waterway in June 1988 several days before the Church of Scientology reported him missing from his room at the Fort Harrison Hotel.

			Scientology officials say these deaths are isolated, statistically normal, cases. They charge that any alleged connection is based on the "ill-formed suspicions" of Church critics.<ref name="fatal"/>

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==

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Fort Harrison Hotel
Religion
Leadership	Religious Technology Center
Location
Location	Clearwater, Florida
Architecture
Completed	1980s
Website
Freedom, Scientology magazine

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The Fort Harrison Hotel serves as the flagship building of Flag Land Base, the Church of Scientology's spiritual headquarters in Clearwater, Florida. First opened in 1926, the hotel served for many years as Clearwater's most luxurious hotel. It was a focal point of the community during the great depression and World War II.

The hotel began to fall into disrepair by the 1970s. In 1975, the Church of Scientology purchased the building under the cover name United Churches of Florida and began its restoration. In the 1980s, the building was brought back into a state of good repair including restoration of its marble floors and art deco details and craftmanship.

It provides luxurious accommodations and course and auditing rooms for parishioners studying at high levels of Scientology.

The Fort Harrison Hotel is joined by a walkway to the unfinished Super Power Building across the street.

Lisa McPherson

In 1995, the Fort Harrison Hotel and the Church of Scientology were embroiled in a controversy regarding the death of a Scientologist named Lisa McPherson. McPherson had had a minor car accident, after which she behaved strangely, taking off her clothes in public; against medical advice, Church staffers got her out of the hospital and took her to the Fort Harrison Hotel for "rest and relaxation". Seventeen days later, she was taken to a different hospital and pronounced dead on arrival due to malnutrition and dehydration; the subsequent investigation revealed that she had been receiving unlicensed medical treatment at the hotel, including force-feeding and the administration of drugs prescribed by a doctor who never saw her.

Other Scientologist deaths

Two other Scientologists are reported to have died in the Fort Harrison Hotel over an 18-year period.

These deaths include:

Josephus A. Havenith, 45, who died in February 1980 at the Fort Harrison Hotel in a bathtub filled with water so hot it burned his skin off.
Heribert Pfaff, 31, who died of an apparent seizure in the Fort Harrison Hotel in August 1988 after he quit taking medication that controlled his seizures and was placed instead on a program of vitamins and minerals.

Scientology officials say these deaths are isolated, statistically normal, cases. They charge that any alleged connection is based on the "ill-formed suspicions" of Church critics.

Trivia

Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones composed the riff for (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction while staying here in 1965.

References

^ Lucy, Morgan (1997-12-07). "For some Scientologists, pilgrimage has been fatal". St.Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2006-12-04.

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