George Comer - Later Years

Later Years

Comer retired in East Haddam, having survived two shipwrecks, two near-drownings, and an attempted shooting. But he continued to send presents to his Inuit friends.

Comer remained active, including serving in the Connecticut State Legislature. He was in ill health in latter years, and died in East Haddam in 1937 at age 79.

Read more about this topic:  George Comer

Famous quotes containing the word years:

    “I see the callus on his sole,
    The disappearing last of him
    And of his race starvation slim,
    Oh, years ago—ten thousand years.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government.”
    —George V (1865–1936)