Matthew Garber Cause Of Death: What happened to Matthew Garber from Mary Poppins?

Matthew Adam Garber was a British actor and filmmaker who most notably played Michael Banks in the 1964 film Mary Poppins.

He appeared in only two other films, The Three Lives of Thomasina and The Gnome-Mobile, all three times appearing alongside actress Karen Dotrice.

Matthew Garber Cause Of Death

On 13 June 1977, he died at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London, of hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis, aged 21.

In 1976-1977, Garber was in India and contracted hepatitis. He returned to London in June 1977, seeking better medical treatment.

It was too late as the disease had infected his pancreas. He died soon after, the official cause being hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis.

What happened to Matthew Garber from Mary Poppins?

Matthew Garber unknowingly contracted hepatitis while in India in 1976, but by the time his dad managed to get him home in 1977, it had already spread to his pancreas

On 13 June 1977, he died at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London, of hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis, aged 21.

His body was cremated at St. Marylebone Crematorium (East Finchley, London) on 16 June.