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Death by chocolate...
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Purcell: 15 facts about the great composer
12. Death by chocolate...
Purcell may be the first and only composer to die from chocolate poisoning! In truth, no one really knows for certain how he died; one theory is that he caught a chill after his wife locked him out the house, but it’s likely he died of tuberculosis.
