The Question That Has Haunted Everyone For Centuries......

Let's just get right to the point, shall we? Here's the great question...

How did Shakespeare die?

No one knows for sure. No one. However, historians have been able to determine that Shakespeare had died in the year 1616- the same year a serious plague (typhus) broke out in England. Perhaps he died from the disease. Or did he?
The vicar of the Stanford Trinity Church (the church in which William Shakespeare was buried), John Ward, had written a diary entry about how he came to the conclusion of Shakespeare's possible death from typhus fever.
Unfortunately, we have no other proof to be sure of this theory. William Shakespeare's death at age fifty-two will still be a mystery. However, we do know that most Londoners back in Shakespeare's time died before age thirty, so Shakespeare was considered lucky to live such a prosperous and long life.

REST IN PEACE, WILL SHAKESPEARE.


Typhus fever bacteria (This is probably the first Shakespeare blog that has a magnified photograph of bacteria.)


William Shakespeare's final resting place.