Elephant Man: Joseph Merrick's grave 'found by author'
His condition did not develop until he was five years old
After being robbed and abandoned he went to London in June 1886 and contacted doctor Frederick Treves, who found him a room at the London Hospital He died on 11 April 1890, aged 27, asphyxiated by the weight of his own head, apparently after trying to lie down "I was asked about this and off-hand I said 'It probably went to the same place as the [Jack the] Ripper victims', as they died in the same locality.
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