[ArrogantBustard]

Walt whitman was shot by a local with his own rifle.

You're probably thinking of Charles Whitman.

Walt Whitman died of complications due to pneumonia, in his own bed.

I make no comment regarding what he deserved due to his poetry ...

[willyd]

lol...charles whitman...

walt may have bored people in English 301 to death on campus, but charles most definitely took the less creative route.