How did Samuel Pepys die?
Samuel Pepys died on 26th May 1703. The exact cause of death is not recorded as medical science was not so well advanced in those days, however from a young age he suffered from stones in his urinary tract and was almost never without pain, after he died the post-mortem examination showed that his left kidney was completely ulcerated; seven stones, weighing four and a half ounces (130 g), also were found and his bladder was gangrenous.
