Death and Legacy
Oddie died on February 17, 1950 in San Francisco, California, at the age of 79. He is interred at Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nevada. Mount Oddie near Tonopah is named after him, as is Oddie Boulevard in Reno and Sparks.
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