The Los Angeles Times reported that he was rushed to The Receiving Hospital with a slim chance of survival; death records reveal that he died that same evening.[1] The next reported death occurred in 1931 when a guest, W. K. Norton, died in his room after taking poison capsules.[19] Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, more suicides at the Cecil occurred.[5] In 2008, two long-time residents referred to the Cecil as "The Suicide",[20] and it became a popular nickname in social media years later.[19] RoomSpook, a website that tracks hotel deaths, lists at least 13 suicides that happened at the hotel.[21]