What killed Mozart? Study suggests strep infection

[Tales From Band Camp]

PHILADELPHIA – For more than two centuries, the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has endured — as has the speculation about what led to his sudden death at age 35 on Dec. 5, 1791.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090818/ap_on_re_us/us_what_killed_mozart

[Lprdgecko]

Whenever I hear something about Mozart I automatically think of the movie "Amadeus", which my middle school BD made us watch 4 times in 3 years. It was a creepy movie to me at the time.

[NinjaBaker]

yeah, I heard about this.
Blech, strep is not a fun infection to have, and its not too difficult to see how Mozart could have died from it.

[Duel of the Flutes]

Pretty sure Mozart was German, not Austrian... unless I'm making something up, I thought Salzburg was a part of Germany when he was born?

But ANYWAYS... I always find it interesting when new ideas like this surface about the death of someone like him. To me, it seems like it would be a waste of time (along the lines of people still trying to figure out who Jack the Ripper was), but it's interesting, nonetheless.

[Lee]

Good thing we conquered the great Mozart killer! Huzzah!