EBB's Death
29 Jun 1861
EBB died at the age of fifty-five in Florence, Italy where she was residing. She died of respiratory insufficiency and was outlived by her husband, Robert Browning.
EBB died in Florence, Italy on 29 June 1861 when she was fifty-five. Her husband, poet Robert Browning, said that she died in his arms with "a smile on her face." Her grave is at The English Protestant Cemetery in Florence.
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