How Did Edgar Allan Poe's Mother Die?


The death of Edgar Allan Poe on October 7, 1849, has remained strange: the conditions leading up to it are unsure and the source of death is doubtful. Poe, born on January 19, 1809 was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered a member of the American Romantic Movement. Best recognized for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the first American consultants of the short story and is considered the originator of the detective fiction genre
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Edgar Allen Poe's mother perished from tuberculosis when he was only about 2 years old. She was on tour as an actress in Baltimore, Maryland when she passed.
Edgar Allan Poe's birth mother was Elizabeth Arnold Poe. She died December 8, 1811, in Richmond, Virginia, of unknown cases (possibly pneumonia). Edgar was two years old when she
she died of the red death which is TB.
How did Edgar Allan Poe die? Nobody really knows. There are many theories regarding what happened to the famous author and poet, but in the end, his exact cause of death on Oct. 7
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