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Some of the physical features of famous individuals are highly suggestive of certain illnesses.Beethoven had a bulging forehead and became deaf at the age of 28. He thought that his deafness was due to trauma from his alcoholic father beating him but when he died, one of the most famous pathologists, Dr. Rokitansky, discovered that he had Paget's disease of the bone. A common symptom of this disease is deafness, so that's the most likely cause of his deafness