Langley Collyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLangley Collyer
American compulsive hoarder
Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1885
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: pianist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Langley Collyer
- Homer Lusk Collyer (November 6, 1881 – March 21, 1947) and Langley Wakeman Collyer (October 3, 1885 – c.
- March 9, 1947), known as the Collyer brothers, were two American brothers who became infamous for their bizarre natures and compulsive hoarding.
- For decades, the two lived in seclusion in their Harlem brownstone at 2078 Fifth Avenue (at the corner of 128th Street) where they obsessively collected books, furniture, musical instruments, and myriad other items, with booby traps set up in corridors and doorways to crush intruders.
- In March 1947, both were found dead in their home surrounded by over 140 tons of collected items that they had amassed over several decades.Since the 1960s, the site of the former Collyer house has been a pocket park, named for the brothers.
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