Why Is William Shakespeare Still Alive

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William Shakespeare is an english poet and playwright born on April 23, 1564. Shakespeare grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon in England and attended King’s New School in Stratford. He was born to John Shakespeare, a leather merchant and a government official, and Mary Arden, a local heiress, and was the third of eight children; Joan, Judith, Gilbert, Richard and Edmund.
Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 and had 3 children; Susanna, and the twins Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet died at the age of 11 for unknown reasons. Susanna and Judith got married and had some children, but those children never got any children. His only descendants come from his sister Joan and some of them are still alive today.
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