Death
Ezra Norton died of cancer in his Vaucluse home on 4 January 1967 aged 69. A large funeral was held at St Mary Magdalene Catholic Church at Rose Bay and his body was buried with his father, mother and sister in the Norton family plot at South Head Cemetery (refer: Waverley Cemetery ) with Catholic Rites.
He was survived by his wife Peggy, and their daughter Mary and his adopted son, Dr. John Stanley Norton. His estate was valued in 1967 at $4,000,000.
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