Death
Fuller died suddenly on December 14, 1900 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, leaving a $3 million estate. His tomb at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, designed by New York architect Bruce Price, is one of the largest in the cemetery.
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