Mr. Mayakovsky too died in the gulag,

[Elena Gapova]

claims the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/theater/28embalmer.html?scp=1&sq=Fred%20Kaplan%20Theater&st=cse

e.g.

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