Death
George Hardy retired with second wife, Cissy, in Los Angeles. After her death in 1990., George returned to the family home on Lawton Street in San Francisco's Sunset District.
Hardy suffered from respiratory failure in his last years. He died of the disease at UCSF Children's Hospital in San Francisco on September 13, 1990. Hardy was survived by his daughter, Joan Hardy Twomey, two grandchildren. Elizabeth Twomey and Robert Mitchell Twomey (Jennifer Rose Twomey d. 1981 in car accident at 18yrs old), and great grandchildren D'Artagnan Mitchell Twomey, Siobhan Diores Twomey, Jennifer Rose Twomey and Jacqeline Comendador.
"Hardy was one of the great union leaders," Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, former Governor of California, said when his death was announced.
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