Chilean poet Neruda didn’t die of cancer, experts say
Findings point to a previously undetected toxin
Aglobal team of experts have said that Chilean poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda’s death was not due to cancer.
Neruda was suffering from prostate cancer at the time and cachexia — cancer wasting syndrome — was listed as the official cause of his death on Septem- ber 23, 1973, re- ports Efe news.
“Cachexia is ruled out. That is clear,” Judge Mario Carroza, who is overseeing the investigation of Neruda’s death, said on Friday after meeting with the team here. The team, which includes recognised authorities from Chile, Spain, the US, Denmark, Canada and France, has not determined exactly what killed Neruda.
The provisional findings point to a previously undetected toxin, “which in turn requires other studies that will allow us to have a definitive conclusion”, Judge Carroza said.