I) Yes, he died
(1) At Freiberg (then part of Moravia) of a gunshot wound said to be self-inflicted on 6 May 1856
(2) In London of throat cancer on 23 September 1939
(3) Brokenhearted in North London of bronchitis on March 14, 1883
(4) In Paris, executed by guillotine, 28 July 1794
(5) In Warm Springs, Georgia, on April 12, 1945.
(6) When his boat went down in a sudden storm off the coast of the Gulf of Spezia. on July 8, 1822.
(7) Drinking a goblet of hemlock 399 years BC
II). No, he did not die. He changed his name. He outlived Hitler. Beethoven's Ninth was the symphonic apotheosis of an ode to him. Freud means joy. Freud sounds like freedom. Freud is too close to fraud for comfort.
Extra credit:
What were Freud's last words? And who said the others?
(1) Mehr licht! Mehr licht!
(2) More beer!
(3) Either the wallpaper goes, or I do.
(3) Friends, applaud! The comedy is finished.
(4) Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
(5) Am I dying, or is it my birthday?
(6) Nothing is easy for a dying man.
(7) "Good dog.” (Technically: vot sobaka.)
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