[Popman]

I never knew Mozart died at 35. Imagine what the world missed out by his life being cut short.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I'd have been dead long before 35 if not for the miracle of antibiotics.

Thank God for antibiotics.

[InvisibleChurch]

If by “strep throat” you mean “George Bush”, then, yes, I agree.

[randita]

bump

[Political Junkie Too]

If only his doctor was incentivized to remove his tonsils... < /sarc>

-PJ

[Born Conservative]

Ping

[mortal19440]

He was waiting for Obamacare and after all this time we diagnosed the problem. Too bad Motz.

[Sans-Culotte]

Strep is still a serious illness. Gustav Mahler died of it, too.

[ml/nj]

I haven't looked at it in a long time, but those interested in this topic might enjoy 1791: Mozart's Last Year by H. C. Robbins Landon. Very sad at the end, when this great man succumbs, but I do remember it being a very good book.

ML/NJ

[Mogollon]

Strep throat, even with antibiotics is dangerous because the dead strep bacteria can plug the renal nephrons in the kidney and cause the blood pressure to sky-rocket.

[DvdMom]

ping

[Pompah]

A few years back I read an article on this subject.
The conclusion was,as I recall was that Herr Mozart
was done in by a plate of undercooked pork cutlets.

And the true cause of his demise was “Trichinosis”.

Sounded good to me. have loved his music all my life.

[SamiGirl]

Thanks for posting this. Mozart is my favorite. I am especially fond of his Piano Concerto #20 — I love to play it and I love to listen to it.

He also toured a lot and had his own groupies. I think of him as the rock star of the 18th century. He composed over 600 works in his short life. Imagine if he had lived to an old age.

I guess now you know I am a musician.

[Born Conservative]

Scarlet fever, they say, is an alternative possibility, but less likely.

Scarlet Fever is strep throat with a rash. Many of these "journalists" are idiots when they attempt to write articles pertaining to diseases.