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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe.
Before his death in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found in a tavern in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 3.1
At the time of his discovery, he was in poor physical condition and appeared to be in a state of near-unresponsiveness. Notably, he was wearing clothes that did not appear to be his ownâspecifically a cheap, ill-fitting suit and a straw hatâwhich has fueled various theories regarding his final days, including the possibility that he was a victim of "cooping," a form of electoral fraud. Following his discovery, he was admitted to a hospital, where he remained until his death on October 7, 1849.12