Extinguished Novelists
SHERWOOD ANDERSON - author of "A Story Teller's Story" (among other forgotten works) - age 65 (1876-1941) March 1941, Colon, Panama -- Of peritonitis. Anderson contracted the fatal intestinal disease at a cocktail party, after accidentally swallowing a toothpick (puncturing his abdominal cavity and... Sign in to see full entry.