Death
Bullitt died on October 3, 1957, of a heart attack at the age of 84. He was survived by his wife of 44 years Nora Iasigi, and his three children: Thomas Walker Bullitt, Nora Iasigi Bullitt (Mrs. Eugene W. Leake, Jr.) and Barbara Bullitt (Mrs. Lowry Watkins). He was also survived by his niece Dorothy Priscilla "Patsy" Bullitt Collins of Seattle. Bullitt was buried at Oxmoor Cemetery in Kentucky.
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