How did Emily Dickinson die?

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Emily Dickinson, c. 1847 — Emily Dickinson Poet Emily Dickinson is one of American poetry's most singular and influential voices.

Emily Dickinson died on May 15, 1886, in Amherst, at the age of 55.1

While her attending physician at the time attributed her death to Bright’s disease, modern medical analysis suggests that the underlying cause was severe primary hypertension. The immediate cause of her death was a stroke.2