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Article: Was Shakespeare killed by cancer? DEATH MASK REVEALS A POTENTIALLY FATAL TUMOUR ON THE BARD'S LEFT EYE.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2006
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Byline: TOM KELLY
ALMOST 400 years after he died, a final act has been added to the story of William Shakespeare.
Scientists now believe that the Bard died not of binge drinking, but cancer.
Ancient tittle-tattle in Stratfordupon-Avon had suggested that he fell into a fever after a heavy night on the town with old friend and fellow writer Ben Jonson.
But forensic tests normally used to convict criminals have discovered that he had a life- threatening tumour over his left eye.
The breakthrough came after German researchers studied four images supposedly of Shakespeare - including his death mask and a bust displayed at London's ...