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How They Went

Match the deceased with cause of death.

  1. Flannery O’Connor
  2. Otis Redding
  3. Christopher Columbus
  4. Gouverneur Morris
  5. Helmut Newton
  6. Emperor Commodus
  7. Alan Turing
  8. James Dean
  9. Aeschylus
  10. Pocahontas
  11. Charlie Parker
  12. Diego Velázquez
  13. Marie Curie
  14. Jane Austen
  15. Bertrand Russell
  16. Anne Frank
  17. Catherine the Great
  18. Marcel Proust
  1. A. typhus at Bergen-Belsen at age 15
  2. B. pulmonary infection near the Thames at age 21
  3. C. car crash on Route 466 at age 24
  4. D. plane crash in Wisconsin lake at age 26
  5. E. strangled in his bath by wrestling partner at age 31
  6. F. pneumonia at age 34 (coroner guessed age was between 55 and 60)
  7. G. lupus on mother’s farm at age 39
  8. H. suicide by cyanide while in bed at age 41
  9. I. Addison’s disease at age 41
  10. J. pneumonia at age 51 (photographed by Man Ray 2 days later)
  11. K. Reiter’s syndrome in Valladolid at age 54
  12. L. tertian fever in Madrid at age 61
  13. M. stroke while on commode at age 67
  14. N. blocked urinary tract lacerated by whalebone at age 64
  15. O. leukemia caused by radiation at age 66
  16. P. tortoise dropped on head by eagle at age 70
  17. Q. car crash leaving hotel at age 83
  18. R. influenza on Groundhog Day at age 97

Answers

A, 16; B, 10; C, 8; D, 2; E, 6; F, 11; G, 1; H, 7; I, 14; J, 18; K, 3; L, 12; M, 17; N, 4; O, 13; P, 9; Q, 5; R, 15