Death
Thaw died of a heart attack in Miami, Florida on February 22, 1947 at the age of 76. At his death Thaw left an estate valued at some one million dollars. In his will he left Evelyn Nesbit a bequest equal to one percent of his financial worth—the amount of ten thousand dollars. He was buried in Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“I cannot think this creature died
By storm or fish or sea-fowl harmed
Walking the sea so heavily armed;
Or does it make for death to be
Oneself a living armoury?”
—Andrew Young (1885–1971)
“The death of William Tecumseh Sherman, which took place to-day at his residence in the city of New York at 1 o’clock and 50 minutes p.m., is an event that will bring sorrow to the heart of every patriotic citizen. No living American was so loved and venerated as he.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)
“Thou hast made me, and shall thy work decay?
Repair me now, for now mine end doth haste;
I run to death, and death meets me as fast,
And all my pleasures are like yesterday.”
—John Donne (1572–1631)