The Death of George Orwell

Today sees the 75th anniversary of the death of George Orwell

George Orwell, the British author best known for his novels 1984 and Animal Farm, died in the early hours of January 21, 1950, in London, England. 

He passed away, aged 46 from complications related to tuberculosis after a pulmonary artery rupture. He was laid to rest at the All Saints parish churchyard in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire.

Born in June 1903, Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote successfully under the pen name George Orwell.

In a 2008 Times newspaper ranking, Orwell was named the second-greatest British writer since 1945, second only to Philip Larkin.