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 seeming 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 tailing about her own death. on Wednesday she walk in the her mother's bedroom and said Mummu, I can get my breath, I think I am going to die. An hour later she was dead. The coroner found that she died from - an acuce and rather rare throat infection but no one could explain her premonition. photo shows Madelaine Jennings the child poet
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46928665
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