Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was a famous mystery/macabre writer. Born in Boston, in 1809, Poe was one of the earliest American to write short stories.
Orphan (his father left the family in 1810 and his mother died in 1811), he was adopted by John and Frances Allan. He studied at the University of Virginia, but left because he had no money to pay his studies. When he went to Baltimore, he wrote "The Raven", a poem that made him famous
When he went to Baltimore, he wrote the poem "The Raven", which made him famous.
Poe died in 1849. We never knew the cause of his death. 
The cause of his death remains a mystery.
Some hypotheses are alcohol, brain congestion, cholera, drugs, heart disease, rabies, suicide and tuberculosis.