he was 87 when he died because of lung cancer
Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) was born on March 2, 1904 and would be 106.
he died committing suicide by jumping out the basement window, breaking his but-ox and swallowing a fly
No, that statement is not true. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) passed away in 1991 at the age of 87.
the real Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904(1904-03-02) so he is 104 years old
Actually Dr. Seuss also known as Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904.He would be 107 years in 2011.
Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991) was born March 2, 1904. He died at age 87. He would have been 110 years old in 2014.
If he was still alive (in the year 2012) he would be 108 years old.
Dr. Suess is a pseudonym (pen name) and is neither dead or alive. However, Theodor Suess Geisel, the real person who wrote under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, died on September 24, 1991.
Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss, was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. If he were still alive today in August 2014, he would be 110 years old.
Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, was born on March 2, 1904 and passed away on September 24, 1991. So, at the time of his passing, he was 87 years old.
There is not much information on when he was diagnosed with his jaw cancer. I believe it was before 1983, according to a biography about him:http://books.google.com/books?id=6rnHjVaTKMMC&printsec=frontcover&output=htmlThis is also a great source on Seuss trivia:http://www.funtrivia.com/en/People/Seuss-Dr-Theodor-Geisel-4306.html
Dr. Seuss' mother, Henrietta Seuss Geisel, died when he was 18 years old in 1905. Her death had a profound impact on him and his work, inspiring many of the themes in his later books.