From the History Never Rests Department:

Napoleon died of cancer


SWISS researchers say Napoleon Bonaparte died of stomach cancer, debunking the arguments that the dethroned emperor of France had been poisoned.
Those who argue that he was poisoned say that before his death Napoleon presented an abnormal weight gain for someone with cancer.
The Swiss study, however, compared nine pairs of trousers worn by Napoleon both before and after his exile on the island of Saint Helena.
The researchers concluded that the former emperor had lost more than 11 kilos during the last five months of his life.