Engels died aged 74 on 5th August 1895. His ashes were scattered off Beachy Head.
He had cancer but in the last month of his life he still managed a varied and interesting diet, albeit it seems without his beloved Pilsner beer.
To Eleanor-Marx Aveling from Engels, 9 Royal Parade,Eastbourne, 9th July 1895
…...I was pretty fairly going on till Sunday night, since then had two bad
nights and days, maybe partly from the acceleration, by the sea air, of the
processus of elimination going on in my neck, but chiefly from the
decreasing effects of the anaesthetics which I now have been using daily and
in increasing quantities for about eight weeks. On the other hand I have
found out several weak sides of my capricious appetite and take lait de poulec(milk egg flip)
with brandy, custards with stewed fruits, oysters up to nine a day etc.
Love to you both F.E.
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