How to delete a photo

I have iPhoto and it remains to be the most difficult thing for me to learn. I have never quite figured it out, and no matter what I do, I cannot get rid of a single photo to save my life. Sure, I can delete hundreds of photos but they ALWAYS return with even more copies of the same photo time after time. I have tried everything including replacing the hard drive but they still return. I cancelled my iCloud account, started with a new account name, and they still come back. At this point my files and photos are now scattered everywhere and I’m completely lost. This problem is now 2-years in the making.

To delete a photo
Drag it from the Library (either Photo or Events view) to the iPhoto Trash.
Empty the trash.
Then (if you use iPhoto 11 only) also empty the system trash.
It sounds like you may have a corrupted Library. What version of iPhoto do you have?
Try this Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?

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