[Death of MT] | 28 April 1910
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio), 28 April 1910. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063815/1910-04-28/ed-1/seq-1/>
This article on the front page of Der Deutsche beobachter was accompanied by two pictures (one of Mark Twain and one of his daughter Clara) on the last page.
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| Am 21. April, Abends um 6 Uhr 22 Minuten, starb in Redding, Ct., nach längerem Leiden Samuel Langhorne Clemens, der unter dem Namen „Mark Twain“, nicht nur in diesem Lande, sondern in der ganzen Welt bekannte und geschätzte Humorist. Fünf Stunden vor seinem Tode war er bewußtlos geworden und das Ende kam unbemerkt, ohne Todeskampf und Athembeschwerden, ein allmähliches Schwächerwerden und Aufhören der Herzthätigkeit und des Athmens. An dem Todebette weilten die einzige übberlebende Tochter Mark Twains, Frau Clara Gabrilowitsch, die Gattin des bekannten russischen Pianisten Ossip Gabrilowitsch; Albert Bigelow Paine, der Sekretär des Verstorbenen und die beiden Aerzte. | On the 21st of April, in the evening at 6 o'clock 22 minutes, Samuel Langhorne Clemens died at Redding, Ct, after a prolonged illness; the humorist was known and esteemed under the name of “Mark Twain” not only in this country, but throughout the world. Five hours before his death he had lost consciousness and his passing came unnoticed, without a struggle or breathing difficulties, a gradual weakening and cessation of cardiac activity and respiration. At the deathbed were Mark Twain's only surviving daughter, Mrs. Clara Gabrilowitsch, the wife of the famous Russian pianist Osip Gabrilowitsch, Albert Bigelow Paine, the secretary of the deceased, and the two doctors. |