What did George Eastman die of?

Answer 1

George Eastman was born on July 12 1854 and passed away on March 14 1932. He was an American inventor and philanthropist. He founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring Photography to the mainstream. In his final two years, Eastman was in intense pain, caused by a degenerative disorder affecting his spine. He had trouble standing and his walking became a slow shuffle. Today it might be diagnosed as lumbar spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal caused by calcification in the vertebrae. Eastman grew depressed, for watching his mother go through the same disease. On March 14, 1932, Eastman committed suicide with a single gunshot to the heart, leaving a rather chilling suicide note which read, "To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?" His funeral was held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Rochester; he was buried on the grounds of the company he founded at Kodak Park in Rochester, New York.