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Got to thinking about how Edward IV only managed to last till age 42. You look at contemporary accounts of his demise, & basically wenching & drinking gets the blame for it LOL Now naturally that I want to I can't recall where I read this , but I remember seeing something which said that Edward simply just couldn't get out of bed one morning & went into a speedy decline. So I was wondering what on earth do you think he actually died of? Any opinions?

Some reports say he died of a surfeit, exactly what he surfeited on is not clear. If so he went the same way as Henry I and King John. More likely it was pneumonia.

Congestive heart failure, maybe?

A surfeit of Woodvilles...enough to finish anyone off.....certainly make you feel sick!!!!

Ohhh good one, Alan!

OK now MSN is picking on Alan, too!

How about Guillain-Barre Syndrome for him?

Sorry, couldn't resist that dig at the Woodvilles!!!

How about Guillain-Barre Syndrome for him?

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gbs/gbs.htm

That website listed, among other symptoms, paralysis. I don't remember reading about that symptom when E4 died. I was thinking it was more along the lines of pneumonia, or a nasty upper respitory infection. With no antibiotics back then, that could easily carry someone off, especialy if they weren't in the best physical condition.

I kind of like it as it explains why Edward just couldn't get out of bed one morning....sudden onset of the condition & all, & if the respiratory aspects are left untreated, it CAN be a killer, which ties in with what Terrilee & Mark think regarding pneumonia....hmmm.

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