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18 Oct, 1931

Thomas Edison dies age 84

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Edison dies at age eighty four in New Jersey from Diabetes Mellitus. He dies in his home with his wife, having more patents in the United States than any other inventor of his time. In Edison’s last moments, his wife asks if he is suffering.

No, just waiting. It’s very beautiful over there.