Herbert, Kate (20 August 2017). "Moving performances but uneven impact". The Herald-Sun. Durham, NC: McClatchy. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017 . Retrieved 18 September 2017. Her brother Archibald informed the authorities after the coroner had certified death from “Influenza and sudden heart syncope”.

Scroll through to the sideshow section and you’ll find MJ dancing with the bones of an ‘elephant man’.

Life and times of Joseph Merrick

Sherman, Kenneth (1983). Words for Elephant Man. Oakville, Ont., Canada: Mosaic Press. ISBN 0-88962-199-3. OCLC 559821779.

Charlie Heaton is The Elephant Man". BBC. 22 August 2019. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021 . Retrieved 22 January 2019. Cahal Milmo (21 November 2002). "Scientists hope relative can help explain Elephant Man". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022 . Retrieved 27 May 2009. Joseph (the Elephant Man) was to find employment because of his disabilities and disfigurement. Finally, he got the opportunity to escape this nightmare by being the entertainment in a freak show, he was able to make a decent living by doing this and begin saving money to buy a house. But England at the time was undergoing changes, and many begin to become uneasy with shows that displayed "freaks" and the police started to put an end to them. But this also eventually meant Joseph's only way of earning money was being taken from him. Having been robbed of the money he was saving, he sent a message to a doctor who expressed interest in him while he was part of a freak show. The doctor broke some laws and took care of him into the hospital, eventually, the public began being filled with compassion, and sending in the pounds to provide for Joseph to have his own room where he could read books, visit people and have some enjoyments during the last years of his life. Howell, Michael; Ford, Peter (1992), The True History of the Elephant Man (3rded.), London: Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-016515-0

Jo Vigor-Mungovin, author of Joseph: The Life, Times & Places of the Elephant Man, claimed to have discovered the location of his burial in be an unmarked grave in the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium. I thoroughly enjoyed researching her life as she gives the impression of being a gentle, kindly woman who deserves some sort of memorial. List of Current Fellows". Society of Biology. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013 . Retrieved 18 February 2015. Due to his difficult to understand speech, it was first considered that Joseph was intellectually impaired. But it soon became clear that he was an intelligent and sensitive man. In his later years, he found some solace in writing poetry.