Does anyone know how Edgar Allan Poe died?
2006-10-30 10:54:16 · 3 answers · asked by mellosredxone 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
He died at Washington College Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, after being found face-down in a gutter. That is the only thing historians agree on. For a long time it was assumed that he died of liver failure brought on by a life of drunken excess. Recent examination of the evidence, however, has indicated that after his death his body exhibited symptoms of diabetes or rabies, while shortly before his death, he was reported behaving in a manner consistent with mild epilepsy, or perhaps a flare-up of bipolar disorder. Other theories suggested have included syphilis, a digestive disorder, or even murder. All contemporary records, including Poe's death certificate, have been lost. At the time of his death many people associated with him muddied the issue by offering contradictory claims regarding his circumstances, including Dr. E. Snodgrass, who found him when he was dying, and Rufus Griswold, Poe's unofficial biographer, who bore a grudge against Poe and wrote a slanderous (and probably inaccurate) biography which was, for a long time, the only source of information available to scholars. At this point we will probably never know exactly what killed Edgar Allan Poe.
2006-10-30 13:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by nbsandiego 4 · 12⤊ 0⤋
A broken heart .. his wife died 2 years before his death.. He lost Hope
2017-04-06 08:48:29 · answer #2 · answered by Bie Harris 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is not really a definitive answer, but many theories, such as alchoholism, rabies, and cholera. To the best of my knowledge, it is still a mystery today.
2006-10-30 10:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by n8.nate 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
He died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 40.
2006-10-31 19:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by bamabunch5 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
http://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poedeath.htm
Is one of the best places to read up, its very cloudy just exactley how he died but I hope this helps!
2006-10-30 10:59:14 · answer #5 · answered by T-Bird 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nate is right. It's still an open question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe#Death
2006-10-30 11:34:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
He was twerking at me and i got exasperated and then i kicked him at the balls....8 mins later before he died he said:"Ik my d*** is bleeding but idc cos ur gonna die during sex!!!!!!" ALL WE CAN SAY NOW IS GOD PUT MERCY ON HIM.
2014-12-19 21:48:55 · answer #7 · answered by Liam 2 · 0⤊ 6⤋