Ernest Dowson’s Death – Cause and Date
Born (Birthday) August 2, 1867
Death Date February 23, 1900
Age of Death 32 years
Cause of Death Alcoholism
Profession Poet
The poet Ernest Dowson died at the age of 32. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
English Decadent poet, author, and translator known for such famous lines as “days of wine and roses.” His published works include Dilemmas, Stories and Studies in Sentiment; The Pierrot of the Minute; Cyanara: A Book of Little Verse, and A Comedy of Masks.
He fell in love with Adelaide Foltinowicz when he was twenty-three and she was only eleven. She rejected his advances.
Quotes
"And I was desolate and sick of an old passion.
"They are not long, the days of wine and roses.
"I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.