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Famous People Who Died From Pneumonia (Pre-2000)

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli, with symptoms including some combination of cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. Name these people who had pneumonia as a contributing cause of death before the year 2000.
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Philosopher of "I think, therefore I am"
René Descartes
1841
Ninth US president, who died just 31 days into his presidency
William Henry Harrison
1863
General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
Stonewall Jackson
1886
Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic Period
Franz Liszt
1899
Austrian "Waltz King" of "The Blue Danube"
Johann Strauss
1903
Frontierswoman, sharpshooter, acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok
Calamity Jane
1909
Apache leader and medicine man
Geronimo
1910
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
1911
Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer and conductor
Gustav Mahler
1913
Abolitionist of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
1959
Founder of hardboiled detective fiction, author of The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
1987
Dancing actor who partnered with Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
1990
The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth
Jim Henson
1991
Singer who died from AIDS-related pneumonia
Freddie Mercury
1996
Scientist who narrated Cosmos and wrote Contact
Carl Sagan
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