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Chris McCandless (Alexander Supertramp) died of starvation from either eating a Wild Potato Seed or a fungus on a plant he ate. He died 25 miles away from a town called Healy, inside of Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142. The bus is located on the Stampede Trail and is now a tourist attraction for fans of Into the Wild.

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No one was sure exactly what he died of; it is speculated that he may have died from starvation or possibly eating something poisonous.

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American wanderer Christopher McCandless, born on February 12, 1968, died of starvation at Stampede Trail, Alaska, in August 1992, at the age of 24.

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