Death
On August 3, 1984, Perkins collapsed aboard a flight from Washington, D.C., to Lexington, KY, and was later pronounced dead at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington. He is buried at Mountain Memory Gardens in Hindman, Kentucky.
Many notable legislators from across the country such as Senator Ted Kennedy, Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, and House Majority Leader Jim Wright and Congressman William H. Natcher among others came to his funeral which was held in Hindman, Kentucky at the Morton Combs Athletic Complex on the campus of Knott County Central High School. The capacity of the gym is 5,000 and it breached capacity that day. Local Southern Baptist pastors such as the Reverends J.S. Bell and Archie Everage delivered the message to the capacity crowd.
Perkins was succeeded in office by his son Carl C. Perkins.
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