(Alex gives the clue from the Mark Twain house in Hartford.) Twain was fond of saying, "I came in with" this celestial object in 1835, "and I expect to go out with it"; and in 1910 he did, passing away in this very bed
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Sure enough, he died on April 21, 1910, just as the comet made its next pass 
within sight ... Left: A sketch of the comet of 1744 showing an axial view, which 
gives the... [DOC] [TLE] Welcome to the Mark Twain House & Museum - Pop Culture ... [PAR] Twain was born and died in years when Halley's Comet passed by Earth: Twain 
says, "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835.