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How did Robert Maxwell die?

  • Natural causes

  • Murder

  • Fell overboard from his yacht

  • Suicide

Answer

Robert Maxwell died in 1991 after falling overboard from his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, while sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. The exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery, with some believing he was murdered and others that he committed suicide. However, the British government's inquiry into his death concluded that he had accidentally fallen overboard while trying to adjust the rigging on the yacht.
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