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Ironic TwistsJul 14, 2026

The Fatal Toothpick

The Fatal Toothpick Sherwood Anderson wrote Winesburg, Ohio. In February 1941 he boarded a ship to South America. At a cocktail party he swallowed an olive. The toothpick was still in it. It perforated his intestine. He died of peritonitis on March 8, 1941. He was 64.

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The New York Times, March 9, 1941, obituary 'Sherwood Anderson, Author, Dies at 64'

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