The Truth About William Shakespeare's Death

WIlliam Kimberly Shakespeare was born sometime around April 26th, 1564 and, like lots of theater kids, got married maybe a little too early, tying the knot at 18 with Anne Hathaway. No relation. The two love birds pounded out three children and probably lived pretty comfortably, considering the lack of indoor plumbing and medical care at the time. By around his 52nd birthday, Shakespeare was pretty well retired. Then, as has been pointed out by such respected sources as the Encyclopedia Britannica, he totally died.

And that's about what we know about the death of one of the greatest writers of all time. Historians have been chewing on Shakespeare's cause of death for centuries, with theories running the gamut from "drank himself to death" to "it was 1616 and somebody sneezed near him."

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