It was March 1827 and Ludwig van Beethoven was dying.As he lay in bed, wracked with abdominal pain and jaundiced, grieving friends and acquaintances came to visit.And some asked a favor: Could they clip a lock of his hair for remembrance?The parade of mourners continued after Beethoven's death at age 56, even after doctors performed a gruesome craniotomy, looking at the folds in Beethoven's brain and removing his ear bones in a vain attempt to understand why the revered composer lost his hearing.
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