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'Polish Experts Prove Frédéric Chopin Died of Tuberculosis; Heart Corroborates 1849 Death Certificate

Frédéric Chopin's ticker holds up to historical evidence that pointed to tuberculosis as the cause of death, and while some claims had been made that it was cystic fibrosis, in the end the composer simply just had too big a heart to live.

By Ian Holubiak

'A Valentine for the Heart of Frédéric Chopin

"I remember Frédéric Chopin's grave lay meticulously framed among Edith Piaf, Jim Morrison, Honoré de Balzac and Oscar Wilde. And while his body was interred there in the Parisian soil, his heart--literally--was still in his homeland." -- Ian Holubiak

By Ian Holubiak

'Polish Experts Prove Frédéric Chopin Died of Tuberculosis; Heart Corroborates 1849 Death Certificate

'A Valentine for the Heart of Frédéric Chopin