The novelist Wilhelm Grimm died at the age of 73. Here is all you want to know, and more!
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One half of The Brothers Grimm alongside his brother Jacob. The brothers are known for their beloved fairy tales such as Rumpelstiltskin and Hansel and Gretel. Their best known publication is titled Kinder-und Hausmärchen (Children’s and Household Tales).
He married Henriette Dorothea Wild in 1825, when he was nearly forty years old. The couple became parents to four children.