Molière [SEP] cause of death
work in so many theatrical capacities took its toll on his health and, by 1667, he was forced to take a break from the stage. In 1673, during a production of his final play, "The Imaginary Invalid", Molière, who suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis, was seized by a coughing fit and a haemorrhage while playing the hypochondriac Argan. He finished the performance but collapsed again and died a few hours later.
Life.
Molière was born in Paris shortly before his christening as Jean Poquelin on 15
with Molière. Zacharie was mocked for his girth in a Molière play, to which Antoine responded with one mocking Molière. Shortly before his death, Zacharie denounced Molière to King Louis XIV as having committed incest, a rumor which has never gone away.
Montfleury died in Paris from the rupture of a blood-vessel, while playing the part of Orestes in "Andromaque", in December 1667. It is believed that a metal belt he used to support his enormous belly was the cause.
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