Did Vitamin D Deficiency Contribute to Mozart鈥檚 and Mahler鈥檚 Deaths?
Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research CenterWolfgang Amadeus Mozart suffered from many infectious illnesses from 1762 to 1791, the year of his death at 35 years of age. Most of these illnesses occurred between mid-October and May. Mozart died on December 5, two-to-three months into the 6-month vitamin D winter at that latitude.