Originally Posted by
ampan
Holmes book said he died of a tumour in his cheek. (Mahon was a smoker)
https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies...n-peter-thomas
"Peter Mahon died of heart failure in Auckland on 11 August 1986, aged 62. He had been suffering poor health for several years, and the stress of the Erebus report may have contributed to his relatively early death. He had built up some momentum as an author, and death ended what could have been a successful literary career."