Death Just two years after reviving her writing career, on January 27, 1922, Bly died from pneumonia in New York City. She was 57 years old. Watch Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story on Lifetime Movie Club QUICK FACTS Name: Nellie Bly Birth Year: 1864 Birth date: May 5, 1864...
She married millionaire Robert Seaman in 1895, but after his death she suffered financial reverses, and she returned to newspaper work on theNew York Journalin 1920. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated byAmy Tikkanen. ...