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To What Extent Did Edgar Allan Poe Cause Of Death

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Edgar Allan Poe was a poet and author of mostly scary and misleading stories and poems. He excelled in school everywhere he went. High School, college, university. He started writing for newspapers. Then, he moved on to short stories. He seemed like a normal guy, apart from his stories, which were filled with death and hatred. His death? There was nothing normal about it. He was found dead in a gutter on the side of a Baltimore road on October 7, 1849. One of the most popular theories, as cause of death is a mystery, is alcoholic consumption. It was said that his wife’s diagnosis of tuberculosis spiked his hunger for alcohol and gambling. What this will explain, is that Edgar Allan Poe died of too much alcoholic consumption on October 7, 1849,
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