Matthew Cuthbert (R.H.
As a result, Matthew tried to take his own life, thinking that the life insurance money would save them, but fortunately, he botched that as well. In the finale, he had promised to not kill himself and reconnected with shopkeeper Jeannie (Brenda Bazinet), whom he was sweet on in his youth.
Does Matthew Cuthbert die in Anne with an E?
He died of a heart attack when Anne was sixteen, the first death of someone close she had ever known.
Does Matthew in Green Gables die?
Near the end of the book, however, tragedy strikes when Matthew dies of a heart attack after learning that all of his and Marilla's money has been lost in a bank failure. Out of devotion to Marilla and Green Gables, Anne gives up the scholarship to stay at home and help Marilla, whose eyesight is failing.
