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American author, of whom a college classmate wrote: "Poe's passion for strong drink was as marked and as peculiar as that for cards . . . without a sip or a smack of the mouth he would seize a full glass and send it home at a single gulp." It is rumored, though unconfirmed, that his death at the age of 40 was the result of alcohol poisoning.