Chilean Poet Neruda Was Poisoned, Nephew Says
Neruda, who was 69 and suffering from prostate cancer, died in the chaos that followed Chile’s 1973 coup that overthrew President Salvador Allende and put General Augusto Pinochet in power.
SANTIAGO, Chile — Forensic experts have determined that Chilean poet Pablo Neruda died of poisoning nearly 50 years ago, a family member of the Nobel Prize winner said Monday.
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