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According to a Dutch study that has been published on Monday, the death of the classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the tender age of 35 may have been caused because of the complications surfacing from “strep-throat”.

There has been many speculations regarding the genius’ death in the year 1791. Some said that Mozart’s untimely death could be because of the result of intentional poisoning while others said that rheumatic fever might have caused the demise of the legendary classical composer. The recent revelation regarding the “strep-throat” which is reportedly said to have caused the untimely death of Mozart has again sparked the long spoken controversy.

According to the death certificate that was issued, says that Mozart’s death was due to “heated miliary fever”, referring to rashes that looks like millet like seeds. But researchers from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands have reportedly said the studies based on the composer’s death have been rooted from lee than reliable sources.

“Our findings suggest that Mozart fell victim to an epidemic of strep throat infection that was contracted by many Viennese people in Mozart’s month of death, and that Mozart was one of the several persons in the epidemic that developed a deadly kidney complication,” said researcher Richard Zegers of the University of Amsterdam in Netherlands.

Zegers also reportedly said that this “minor epidemic” of strep-throat may have originated from the city’s military hospital. Mozart, a brilliant composer, who has more than 600 classical compositions to his credit, eventually developed severe swelling, “malaise”, back pain and a rash, along with a strep infection that led to a kidney inflammation known as glomerulonephritis.