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He died from a cold that was later diagnosed as tuberculosis. He was bed ridden for 3 years and died Aug. 24, 1886, in a sanitorium because of not being able to afford better medical care.

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Well, In the summer of 1887, he caught a cold then developed tuberculosis. Jan Ernst Matzeliger died on August 24 of that year at the age of 39.

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