Original announcement of the death of Jules Verne.
Suffering from severe diabetes during the last years of his life, Jules Verne was struck down on March 16, 1905.
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Suffering from severe diabetes during the last years of his life, Jules Verne was struck down on March 16, 1905.
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Jules Verne (1828.1905)
Original death announcement for Jules Verne
One large quarto page on mourning paper. Collection stamp in the lower margin.
Amiens, April 1 , 1905.
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Suffering from severe diabetes during the last years of his life, Jules Verne was struck down on March 16, 1905, in Amiens, by a violent attack and was forced to take to his bed. He did not recover from this attack.
The last days of his life were a slow agony towards death. He died at his home, 44 boulevard Longueville, in Amiens, on March 24, 1905.