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.
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