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 * **He was born in Saginaw, Michigan (1908 - 1963). **
 * **Theodore died because of a heart attack and only 55 when he died. **
 * **He also enjoyed observing plants in the greenhouses that was owned my his dad and uncle. **
 * **That's one reason why Theodore Roethke writes a lot about nature in his poems. **
 * **When Theodore was 15 years old his uncle had commited suicide and in that same year his father died of cancer. **
 * **E ver since the death of his uncle and father he became more creative.**