Agatha Christie cause of death: What happened to Agatha Christie?

Agatha Christie died peacefully on 12 January 1976 at age 85 from natural causes at her home at Winterbrook House. Agatha Christie also wrote the world’s longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End since 1952.

Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot. According to UNESCO’s Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author.

Some of Agatha Christie’s notable film adaptations include And Then There Were None (1939; film 1945), Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017), Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978), and The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side (1952; film [The Mirror Crack’d] 1980).

Agatha Christie’s novel And Then There Were None is one of the top-selling books of all time, with approximately 100 million copies sold. In 1955, Agatha Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award.

In 2013, Agatha Christie was voted the best crime writer, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd the best crime novel ever by 600 professional novelists of the Crime Writers’ Association.