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Edgar Allan Poe’s Final Macabre Mystery: His Own Death

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On Oct. 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 40. Alcoholism was listed as the cause of death, but what really killed him remains a mystery.

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