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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Martin Bagot

Beethoven may have drunk himself to death, scientists say after studying composer's hair

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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