Crane died very young, before his 29th birthday. What caused his death?
Crane died of tuberculosis, a common cause of death before antibiotics and other drugs were discovered to treat the disease. He had had the disease for a long time. According to The Crane Log, he suffered a lung hemorrhage on 29 December 1899 but kept writing to pay the bills throughout the spring of 1900. He had more hemorrhages on March 31st, and by April 14, the Academy, a journal, noted that Crane was “lying seriously ill at the mediaeval house in Sussex, Brede Place, where he has been living for the past two years.” At the end of May, 1900, Cora Crane takes Stephen to Badenweiler, Baden, for treatment, in a last-ditch effort to save his life. Crane continues to dictate portions of his last novel, The O’Ruddy, but dies on June 5, 1900.
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