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