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The actual cause of his death is a mystery.
Medical science at that time was quite primitive.
Speculation includes, Alcoholism, cerebral inflammation, brain congestion, cholera, meningitis, rabies, epilepsy, syphilis, heart disease, and fever delirium
Another theory is "cooping." This is a practice where local thugs force people to vote several times so as to fraudulently get their candidates elected. Poe was found incoherent outside a saloon that had been used as a polling place in an election the day before. He was also found wearing clothes that were not his. Many times people dressed differently, cut off beards and mustaches to look different to poll workers in order to vote more than once. Some people were beaten or gotten drunk to persuade them to cooperate even if they did not want to.
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Did Edgar Allan Poe die of a brain tumor?
The true cause of Edgar Allan Poe is still unknown, but it could be because of alcoholism.
How did Edgar Allan Poe's wife Annabel Lee die?
Edgar Allan Poe was not married to Annabel Lee! His wife was Virgina Clemm! Annabel Lee was not Poe's wife. She was just a woman depicted in his poem, Annabel Lee.
What did Poe die from?
All the records of Edgar Allan Poe were lost when the death of the poet occurred.
When did Edgar Allan Poe's brother die?
August 1, 1831
What did Edgar Allan Poe's adopted mother die from and when?
Poe did not have an adopted or step mother. He had a foster mother, Frances Allan, who raised him with her husband John. She died of tuberculosis on February 28, 1829.
Did Poe's foster father die before he did?
Edgar Allan Poe died more than 15 years after his foster father, John Allan.
How did Edgar Allan Poe and wife die?
Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe (Edgar Allan Poe's mother) died at age 24 on December 8, 1811. She probably died of pneumonia, but the cause of her death will never be known for certain. Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (Edgar Allan Poe's wife) died at age 24 on January 30, 1847 of tuberculosis.
Did Edgar Allan Poe's mother die before or after his father abandoned the family?
Edgar Allan Poe's mother died before his father abandoned the family. His mother, Elizabeth Poe, passed away in 1811 when Edgar was only two years old. His father, David Poe Jr., had already abandoned them earlier, around 1809.
Which war did Edgar Allan Poe's grandfather die in?
Edgar Allan Poe's grandfather, David Poe, Sr., was a quartermaster in the American Revolutionary War, and he fought in the battle of Baltimore towards the end of the War of 1812 at the age of 71 though he did not die until two years later.
When did Edgar Allan Poe's aunt die?
His sister, Rosalie Mackenzie Poe, died on July 21, 1874.
How did Edgar Allan Poe's first wife die?
Poe had only one wife, Virginia Clemm. She died of tuberculosis in 1847.
How and when did Edgar Allan Poe's foster mother die?
Frances Allan died on February 28, 1829. The cause of death is not known.
