The mystery of Ludwig van Beethoven’s death aged 56 may have finally been solved thanks to cutting-edge genetic testing on his hair.
Scientists who examined the strands nearly 200 years after his demise found he may have drunk himself to death, having famously loved downing in wine.
They say his boozy lifestyle, along with a genetic predisposition to liver disease and a Hepatitis B infection ,resulted in terminal cirrhosis of the liver and pancreatitis. Beethoven was also deaf and started to lose his hearing when he was 28.
