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Real Music History Artifacts on Instagram: "OTD in Music History: Legendary opera composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) dies 101 years ago in Brussels. Puccini was a lifelong heavy smoker who had been staying in Brussels to undergo experimental treatment for late-stage esophageal cancer. Unfortunately, this treatment resulted in uncontrollable bleeding which induced a fatal heart attack. (Puccini was actually kept in the dark about the seriousness of his cancer right up until the end; in fact,