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What day did Shakespeare supposedly die? What is unusual about this date?

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Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, supposedly of a brief fever caused by too much drinking. He was buried two days later in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.

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April 23 of 1616, it is unusual because the day he died was the day 52 birthday.

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