Mark Twain
The day before Mark Twain went out with Halley's Comet. Went out how he wanted.
"I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835," said Twain once upon a time, "It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Hailey's Comet." Sure enough, fate did not disappoint the prolific writer. In 1910, on April 21st, Mark Twain died of a heart attack. It was only one day after Hailey's Comet made its closest-ever recorded approach to the earth's atmosphere...
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