I just had a look at the von Breuning book, which states that he (Gerhard von Breuning) left the Schwarzspanierhaus at 5.15 pm that afternoon and Beethoven still was alive at that point. He was told later that day by Beethoven's housekeeper, it says, that he had died at about 5.45 pm.
I've altered to 5.45pm but it is interesting that the time I had was exactly one hour earlier which suggests biographers such as Cooper may have used GMT!
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