What disease killed people close to Edgar Allan Poe?

Answer 1

Tuberculosis, known at the time as 'consumption,' killed Poe's brother and his wife.

Tuberculosis formerly known as consumption.
Known at the time as consumption, Poe lost many beloved family members to a disease now recognized as tuberculosis.

Answer 2

The exact cause of death for those close to Edgar Allan Poe is not definitively known. However, his wife Virginia Clemm Poe died of tuberculosis, which was a common and deadly disease at the time. Poe himself died under mysterious circumstances, with the cause of death still being a subject of debate among scholars.

Answer 3

Poe never killed anyone, even though several characters in his stories did.

Answer 4

Tuberculosis