how did Oscar Wilde die?

Answer 1

Wilde died of cerebral meningitis.

Answer 2

He also had syphillis which they did not do a good job of curing back then (pre-antibiotics, etc) and precise dosages were not well-known. Some think that contributed to his death or that meningitis was falsely placed on his death certificate "to give the man some peace" and/or to stop the outcry over his homosexual tendencies. I've read that later tests indicated it was actually a severe ear infection that killed him.

Answer 3

I like his famous quote:
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
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Oscar Wilde died in 1901 in Paris. He had fled to Paris, after he was released from prison in England. In 1895, he had been accused of homosexuality by the 8th Marquess of Queensberry (who was in fact the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas). At this time, homosexuality was a criminal offense and he was sent to prison with hard labor.
Oscar Wilde was in fact married. He also had two sons from his marriage, but was certainly bi-sexual, although some regard his marriage as simply being a veneer in order to be socially accepted.
He was famous for his drawing room comedies which focused on some of the hypocrisy of Victorian culture, such as An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest. He wrote only one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. However, he also wrote and published a variety of poems and children's stories.
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His other famous quote:
"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."

Answer 4

It was in a hotel in Paris, on November 30, 1900. He was poor and alone and died, indeed, of a meningitis. He was buried in a cemetery near Paris, in Bagneux, but was moved to the Pere Lachaise in 1909.

Answer 5

"I am in a duel to the death with this wallpaper, one of us has got to go," he wrote. Apparently, the wallpaper decided to stay.