History & Culture. With German ancestry from his father and Scottish ancestry from his mother, millionaire real estate developer Donald Trump epitomizes the American immigrant experience.
Lewis died at 5:30 p.m. at The Kilns, one week before his 65th birthday on Friday, November 22, after a variety of illnesses, including a heart attack and kidney problems. He had resigned his position at Cambridge during the summer and was then elected an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Captain Meriwether Lewis was only 35 when he died of gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen on October 10, 1809. (Newscom) Controversy over Lewis' death has descendants and scholars campaigning to exhume his body at his grave site in Tennessee.