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FOXnews.com: Beethoven's Doctor Accidentally Poisoned Him, Pathologist Claims

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007—Associated Press

VIENNA, AUSTRIA — DID SOMEONE KILL BEETHOVEN? A VIENNESE PATHOLOGIST CLAIMS THE COMPOSER'S PHYSICIAN DID — INADVERTENTLY OVERDOSING HIM WITH LEAD IN A CASE OF A CURE THAT WENT WRONG.
OTHER RESEARCHERS ARE NOT CONVINCED, BUT THERE IS NO CONTROVERSY ABOUT ONE FACT: THE MASTER HAD BEEN A VERY SICK MAN YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1827.

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