Oscar Wilde’s Death – Cause and Date
Born (Birthday) October 16, 1854
Death Date November 30, 1900
Age of Death 46 years
Cause of Death Meningitis
Profession Novelist
The novelist Oscar Wilde died at the age of 46. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Irish playwright, poet, and novelist who is best known for The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is also famous for his memorable, witty epigrams.
He and his two siblings were the children of Sir William and Jane Wilde, prominent Dublin intellectuals. Oscar Wilde later married and had two children with Constance Lloyd, but his marriage disintegrated after he was arrested on charges of sodomy.
Quotes
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
"Memory… is the diary that we all carry about with us.
"Woman begins by resisting a man’s advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.