According to the official coroner's report, how did Christopher Marlowe die in 1593?
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Correct answer: He was stabbed in a dispute over a bill
Marlowe was killed in Deptford during a dispute with Ingram Frizer. While the official reason was a fight over the bill ('the reckoning'), many historians suspect it was a political assassination related to his work as a spy.
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