Frida Kahlo died on July 13, 1954. 7 days after her birthday. The official cause of death was said to be Pulmonary embolism although some suspected that she died from an overdose that may or may not have been accidental. An autopsy was never performed.

Frida Kahlo Dies. A few days before Frida Kahlo died on July 13, 1954, she wrote in her diary: "I hope the exit is joyful — and I hope never to return — Frida". The official cause of death was given as a pulmonary embolism, although some suspected that she died from an overdose that may or may not have been accidental.

Fine Art | History of Central America | Frida Kahlo. She died in 1954 at the age of 47. The official cause is listed as pulmonary embolism, but she may actually have died of an overdose.

Kahlo died on July 13, 1954. The official cause of death was pulmonary embolism set on by pneumonia, but some have speculated that she overdosed on pain killers.

Unfortunately, the polio was only the first of Kahlo’s heath concerns. In 1925, at the age of 18, Frida Kahlo and her boyfriend were victims of a bus accident. Kahlo suffered near fatal injuries when an iron handrail impaled her pelvis. Frida Kahlo had been employed as a stenographer,...

A few days before Frida Kahlo died on July 13, 1954, she wrote in her diary: "I hope the exit is joyful - and I hope never to return - Frida". The official cause of death was given as pulmonary embolism, although some suspected that she died from overdose that may or may not have been accidental. An autopsy was never performed.

Artist Frida Kahlo was considered one of Mexico's greatest artists who began painting mostly self-portraits after she was severely injured in a bus accident. Kahlo later became politically active and married fellow communist artist Diego Rivera in 1929.

Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907–July 13, 1954), one of the few women painters that many can name, was known for her surrealistic paintings, including many emotionally intense self-portraits. Stricken with polio as a child and injured badly in an accident when she was 18, she struggled with pain and disability all her life.

Frida Kahlo .' In the letters, she elaborates on the first days of her pregnancy; her earlier abortion and her excruciating back pain caused by a tram crash in 1925. She was operated on more than 30 times during her life. Part of her leg was amputated months before she died in 1954.