Who was Marlowe?Which kind of relationship did he have with Shake.?How did he die?What might have been suspicious circumstances surrounding his deart?

Christopher Marlowe was an English dramatist and poet. He was probably the greatest English dramatist before Shakespeare and most authorities detect influences of his work in Shakespeare’s.
Marlowe died in a barroom brawl by a drinking companion.
A coroner's jury certified that the assailant acted in self-defense, the murder may have resulted from a definite plot, due, as some scholars believes, to Marlowe's activities as a government agent.