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How did Admiral Yi die?

  • From a gunshot wound

  • From poison

  • In a shipwreck

  • From old age

Answer

Admiral Yi died from a gunshot wound. He was shot by a Japanese musketeer on November 16, 1598, during the Battle of Noryang Point. The wound was fatal, and he died the following day.
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