Death and Burial
Behan died at St. Mary's Catholic Hospital in Tucson, Arizona on June 7, 1912. While some sources state that Behan died of Bright's disease (immune-related renal failure), his death certificate states that Behan died primarily of "arterial sclerosis" (a term used at the time for heart disease), and noted that Behan had been suffering with this problem for 5 years. The secondary cause of death listed on the same death certificate states Behan also had syphilis, and states that he had contracted it thirty years earlier (which would coincide with his time in Tombstone). The source of some of the information on the death certificate was Behan's son, Albert.
John Behan was buried on the day after his death in Tucson's Holy Hope Cemetery, in a grave whose exact location has since been lost. Enthusiasts of old west history placed a commemorative plaque near the site in 1990.
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