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Martin Carter's Death

Born (Birthday) June 7, 1927

Death Date December 13, 1997

Age of Death 70 years

Cause of Death Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm

Profession Poet

The poet Martin Carter died at the age of 70. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Guyanese poet who is widely considered one of the most significant Caribbean writers. His best-known works include Poems of Affinity and Poems of Resistance from British Guiana.

He grew up with six siblings in Georgetown, Guyana. He married Phyllis Howard in 1953 and subsequently fathered four children.

Martin Carter died at his home in Manhattan. He was 57. The cause of death was a ruptured aortic aneurysm, said Dr. Jules Hirsch of the Rockefeller University Hospital.