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Every year, on the anniversary of Poe's death, a mysterious stranger shows up at his grave and lays some cognac and roses on it.
A black-clad man arrived at 2:59 a.m. Friday, marking the poet's birthday with the traditional graveside tribute: three red roses and a half bottle of cognac. Only this and nothing more.Link Discuss (Thanks, Nat!)It is a rite that has been carried out by a mysterious stranger every Jan. 19 since 1949, a century after Poe drank himself to death in Baltimore at age 40.
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