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Mary Hogarth--four years younger than her sister Catherine, Charles's wife-- unexpectedy fell ill the evening of May 6, 1837; she died the following day in Dickens's arms. He was devasted by her death. At the time, doctors simply ascribed it to 'brain fever' or 'fits,' for lack of a better diagnosis. Doctors of today have suggested heart failure as the probable cause of death. She would continue to live, however, in many of Dickens's works.

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