Question: Facts: - death place: manhattan , new york , u.s. - resting place: cypress hills cemetery , brooklyn - caption: homer collyer , 1939 , arguing with police officers - birth name: homer lusk collyer - death cause: starvation and heart disease - death date: 21 march 1947 - occupation: lawyer - education: ps 69 - birth date: 6 november 1881 - name: homer collyer - nationality: american - image: homer collyer 1939.jpg - birth place: manhattan , new york , u.s. - alma mater: college of the city of new york columbia university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of collyer brothers .
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homer lusk collyer -lrb- november 6 , 1881 -- march 21 , 1947 -rrb- and langley wakeman collyer -lrb- october 3 , 1885 -- c. march 9 , 1947 -rrb- , 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 -lrb- at the corner of 128th street -rrb- where they obsessively collected books , furniture , musical instruments , and myriad other items , with booby traps set up in corridors and doorways to ensnare 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 .