Dylan Thomas died on November 9th 1953, while on a lecture tour of America.
It had been an arduous tour and Thomas had been liberally entertained by his hosts. He had been drinking heavily on the night he died in the White Horse pub in Greenwich Village, New York. When he eventually returned to his hotel he was in great pain and called for a doctor. He was given a large dose of morphine sulphate, after which Thomas lapsed into a coma. Apparently, his last words were: "I've had 18 straight whiskies......I think that's the record." His death, at 39 years of age, was tragically premature. He is buried in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.
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