An apple was found partially eaten near Alan Turing's body. His housekeeper discovered him dead at his home in Wilmslow, England, on 8 June 1954, and a half-eaten apple was reported beside his bed.
The apple became closely associated with Turing's death because investigators suspected that it might have been used to consume cyanide. However, the apple was never tested for cyanide, so it does not conclusively establish how the poison entered his body. The inquest ruled his death a suicide, although later writers have proposed accidental cyanide inhalation from an electroplating experiment.
This detail is sometimes connected to the Apple logo, but Apple Inc. has said the logo was not designed as a direct reference to Turing. The historical fact remains narrower: an uneaten portion of an apple was found near him, while the circumstances and cause of death have been debated.