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Bonnie And Clyde's Last Meal Was 2 Simple Sandwiches To-Go By Karen Hart Sept. 1, 2025 3:39 pm EST

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The Great Depression in the 1930s was marked by extreme hardship and poverty. When people weren't looking for their next peanut butter and pickle sandwich to tide them over , they were chatting about larger-than-life outlaws like Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, also known as Bonnie and Clyde. This duo gained notoriety for robbing banks, kidnapping, and killing people. After they were killed, their simple sandwich choice became famous. A fried bologna sandwich and a classic bacon, lettuce, and tomato, or BLT, were the last two that these outlaws ordered up and started consuming before they met their demise.

It was May 23, 193

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