Mark Twain was not the author's real name. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the writer and humorist who took the pen name Mark Twain, was born November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. He arrived at a time when the world was celebrating Halley's Comet, which is visible every 75 or 76 years.
He always said that he came in with Halley's Comet and expected to go out with it when it returned in 1910: "The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.' "
As fate would have it, Twain died on April 21, 1910 in Redding, Connecticut of a heart condition.
Mark Twain died when he was 74 years old.
Mark Twain died of heart failure on April 21, 1910.
Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens' dad died when he was 12 (1847).
Mark Twain passed away while living in Redding, CT. He died on April 21, 1910 at the age of 74.
April 21, 1910
he died of a heart attack
Mark Twain's daughter, Clara Clemens died on November 19, 1962. She was a concert singer and played the piano.
April 21, 1910
Mark Twain was white.
Shania Twain has a younger brother named Mark, but that's not the famous author Mark Twain. Shania's brother Mark was born in the 1970s.
Mark Twain
Yes Shania Twain has a brother name Mark Twain I know Mark more than you do