Playwriter William Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616, he was 52 years old. It is said that he was ill for many years prior to his death.
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It is fairly well established that Shakespeare died on 23 April, 1616, his fifty-second birthday. From parish records we do know that he was buried three days later (exactly fifty-two years after his baptism). Local tradition has it that Sh...
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William Shakespeare Group ... William Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. The cause of his death is unknown.  He was 52 years old when he died.  He had been retired for several years and was a grandfather.  He was buried in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford, at the age of 52, on April 23, 1616.
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Given the rudimentary medical knowledge of that time, there can only be speculation about the probable cause of Shakespeare’s death. We do know that he was attended by his much-respected son-in-law, Dr John Hall. It seems he took ill sudden...
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Answers to questions about Shakespeare's life. ... When was Shakespeare born? ; Where was Shakespeare born? ; How did Shakespeare die? ; How old was Shakespeare when he died? ; Where is Shakespeare buried? ; When did Shakespeare get married? ; Did Shakespeare have a happy childhood?
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For all his fame and celebration, William Shakespeare remains a mysterious figure with regards to personal history. There are just two primary sources for information on the Bard: his works, and various legal and church documents that have survived from Elizabethan times.
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In the ongoing enterprise to reveal the mysterious person behind the prized poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616), some scholars are focusing on his religious upbringing and beliefs. ... Jennifer Roche. "Did William Shakespeare Die a Papist?" National Catholic Register. (May 5, 2004).
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William Shakespeare has stood the test of time so well that even now as we approach the millennium, more than four hundred years after his birth, he is held in the highest regard as the world's greatest poet and playwright, and Stratford-upon-Avon was respectful of him in his own time.
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