Madelaine Jennings, child poet
Feb. 02, 1959 - Madelaine the child poet said I am about to die'. Ten year old Madelaine Jennings of Valley Road, Nottingham - had been earning herself a name as a poet - a child genius. Some of her poems were very good - in fact one of them had been broadcast by the B.B.C. Suddenly her writings became sad - and she began talking about her own death. On Wednesday she walked into her mother's bedroom and said Mummy, I can't get my breath, I think I am going to die'. An hour later she was dead. The Coroner found that she died from - an acute and rather rare throat infection - but no one could explain her premonition. Photo shows Madelaine Jennings the child poet
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