The poet John Milton died at the age of 65. Here is all you want to know and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
English poet who published his blank verse masterpiece, Paradise Lost, in 1667. His other works include Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and Animadversions.
He wrote his first two psalms at age fifteen and later attended Christ’s College, Cambridge.
He wrote Paradise Lost during a period when he was blind and living in poverty.
How did John Milton die?
On or about 8 November 1674, when he was almost sixty-six years old, Milton died of complications from gout. While Milton’s impact as a prose writer was profound, of equal or greater importance is his poetry.
Quotes
""For what can war, but endless war, still breed?"
""Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."
""True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves."
""No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free."
""He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."