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Daily Mirror
Martin Bagot

SHOCKING: Beethoven may have drunk himself to death scientists say after studying composer s hair | Mind Blowing Facts

Beethoven may have drunk himself to death, say scientists who mapped his genome from a lock of the great composer’s hair.

Researchers discovered the musical genius was predisposed to liver disease and infected with Hepatitis B.

Cambridge University scientists say those two factors combined with a love of wine might have been the fatal combination.

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