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How They Died
Music Memory composers for 2008-2009
These links go to Wikipedia.  Wikipedia is a good source but remember anyone can contribute and information should be checked out with other sources.
Rossini, Gershwin, Satie, Greig, Bach, Mozart, Ives, Handel, Schubert, Beethoven, von Bingen, Ponce, Rimsky-Kosakov, Vaughan Williams, Brahms, Bartok

rossini picture         Rossini- "Natural Causes" at the age of 76

gershwin  Gershwin-Brain tumor at the age of 38

satie    Satie- Cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 59

greig Greig -Heart attack brought on by chronic fatigue at the age of 64

bach Bach -Died from a stroke after eye surgery for cataracts at the age of 75

mozart  Mozart - Many theories are around.  Some by poison (Mercury was commonly used in medicines of the time) but most likely complications from Rheumatic Fever at the age of 35

ives  Ives - Ives suffered a heart attack and also had diabetes, but he died of a stroke after a minor operation at the age of 80

handel  Handel - He wass seriously injured in a carriage accident and his eyesight began to fail.  He died 8 years later.  It is thought to have been from complications from a stroke brought on my the accident.  Ironically, Handel had eye surgery from the same doctor (John Taylor) that treated Bach.   Ummmm?  Age of 74.

schubert  Schubert -Died of Typhoid Fever, a bacterial infection spread in contaminated food or water, at the age of 31.
Buried next to Beethoven and Brahms.

beethoven  Beethoven - It is said that he died during a hail storm.  He went rowing and caught a chill which progressed into pneumonia complicated by cirrhosis of the liver.  Age of 57
Brahms and Schubert are buried next to him at their request.


von Bingen - unknown    age of 81

ponce  Ponce -Died of Uremia, a type of kidney failure, at the age of 66

rimsky  Rimsky-Korsakov -Died of angina, a symptom of heart disease that causes chest pain because the heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen.  Age of 64

williams  Vaughan Williams - Died of a heart attack at the age of 86

brahms  Brahms - Died of cancer of the liver at the age of 64
Buried next to Beethoven and Schubert.

bartok  Bartok - Died of leukemia at the age of 64