Eben Byers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eben Byers

Industrialist, amateur golfer

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1880

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1932

Profession: businessperson, golfer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ebenezer McBurney Byers (April 12, 1880 – March 31, 1932) was a wealthy American socialite, athlete, and industrialist.
He won the 1906 U.S.
Amateur in golf.
He earned notoriety in the early 1930s when he died from multiple radiation-induced cancers after consuming Radithor, a popular patent medicine made from radium dissolved in water.