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Chopin died at two o'clock in the morning on October 17th, 1849. Dr. Cruveilhier confirmed the death. The cause of death was given in his death certificate as “tuberculosis of the lungs and larynx.” Mr.
Did Chopin die poor?
For most of his life, Chopin was in poor health. He died in Paris in 1849 at the age of 39, probably of pericarditis aggravated by tuberculosis. All of Chopin's compositions include the piano.
What were Chopin's last words?
“Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive,” were his last known words, according to a recent article in Nature, “Frederic Chopin's Telltale Heart.” His body was laid to rest in Paris's Père Lachaise cemetery, but his deathbed wish was granted.
When did Chopin die and how?
Chopin died in an apartment in Place Vendome, in Paris, on 17 October 1849, at the age of 39. France's greatest authority on tuberculosis had diagnosed him with the disease months earlier, and duly noted it as the cause on the death certificate.
Was Chopin a smoker?
Chopin coughed up an abundant amount of mucus, particularly around 10 a.m. He occasionally drank alcohol, sometimes smoked and – as some authors noted – suffered the consequences of inhaling others' smoke while enjoying the company of his Parisian friends.
