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  • Yes, he was killed by Arron Burr in 1804 in a duel and Burr cheated. The dueling guns used by Burr a had hair trigger. Hamilton wrote in a letter that there was no other way for the rivalry between him and a Burr could end. There is speculation that Hamilton threw away his shot against Burr by firing in the air and that resulted in his death.
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