Retirement
Charles W. Nash retired in 1936. His successor at the company was George W. Mason, who was recommended by Walter Chrysler.
He lived in retirement for twelve years later and died at the age of 84 in Beverly Hills, California. His health failed at the death of his wife in 1947. He died in 1948, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale next to his wife.
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