Jim Jones died at Jonestown, a socialist religious commune in Guyana, on November 18, 1978, during the mass suicide that he had planned and ordered. After commanding his followers to consume cyanide-adulterated punch, Jones died of a gunshot wound to the head, which was possibly self-inflicted. His death occurred as more than 900 Peoples Temple members and others died from poison, including some people who were injected or poisoned involuntarily.
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