Death masks — made out of a wax or plaster cast ... The German classical composer and pianist, most famous for his Fifth Symphony ("Dun dun dun dun"), died on March 26, 1827, at the age of ...

As if that weren’t enough, bones believed to be fragments of Beethoven’s skull — long stashed in a tin marked “Beethoven” by ...

The Polish composer was born in 1810 and was best known for solo piano pieces. German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) conducting one of his three 'Rasumowsky' string quartets, circa ...

England's legendary playwright and poet died on April 23, 1616, at the age of 52. In 1849, Dr. Ludwig Becker found his death ...

Death masks — made out of a wax or plaster cast put on a dead person's face — have long been part of human history. Below, morgue workers make a death mask of notorious Depression-era gangster John ...