BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 9th of June 1870 154 years ago He Was on the Ground |
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Writer and social critic Charles John Huffam Dickens aka Boz dies of a heart attack at the age of 58 in Gads Hill Place, Higham, Kent, United Kingdom. Dickens' last words were: "On the ground" in response to his sister-in-law Georgina's request that he lie down. |
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