Strep Throat May Have Killed Mozart, Study Finds  Published
August 18, 2009  | Reuters  The death of composer Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart at the age of 35 may have been caused by
complications stemming from strep throat, according to a Dutch
study published on Monday.  Since the composer's death in 1791,
there have been various theories about the cause of his untimely
end, from intentional poisoning, to rheumatic fever, to
trichinosis, a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or
undercooked pork.  On his death certificate it was officially
recorded that the cause of death was hitziges Frieselfieber, or
"heated miliary fever," referring to a rash that looks like
millet seeds.  But researchers from the University of Amsterdam
in the Netherlands said studies on his death have generally been
based on less-than-reliable evidence, like accounts from people
who witnessed Mozart's final days, written decades after his
death.  Their new study, reported in the Annals of Internal
Medicine, was based on information from offi