Death
Bunche resigned from his position at the UN due to ill health, but this was not announced as Secretary-General U Thant hoped he would be able to return soon. His health did not improve, and Bunche died December 9, 1971, at age 68. He was survived by his wife and two of their three children. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.
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