Oscar Wilde Died in Paris

Oscar Wilde died in of cerebral meningitis on Saturday 1 December 1900 15.57 GMT (aged 46) at the Hôtel d’Alsace (now the L’Hôtel Paris) in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris. Wilde spent his last days there in room 16, famously remarking “I am dying beyond my means”. Reportedly his last words were: “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go.