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How did John Kennedy Toole die?

  • Natural causes

  • Suicide

  • Car accident

  • Illness

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Suicide was the cause of John Kennedy Toole's death. He struggled with depression and mental health issues throughout his life. After his novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" was rejected by multiple publishers, Toole became increasingly despondent. In 1969, at the age of 31, he took his own life by carbon monoxide poisoning.
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