Editing Ian Fleming (section)

=== Death ===
[[File:Ian fleming grave.png|thumb|upright|alt=An obelisk marking the site of the Fleming family grave|Fleming's grave and memorial, [[Sevenhampton, Wiltshire]]]]
Fleming was a heavy [[tobacco smoking|smoker]] and [[alcoholism|drinker]] throughout his adult life, and suffered from [[heart disease]].{{efn|When he was 38, Fleming smoked up to 70 cigarettes a day;{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=172}} he had been having them custom made at Morland of Grosvenor Street since the 1930s, and three gold bands on the filter were added during the war to mirror his naval commander's rank.{{sfn|Chancellor|2005|p=70}}}} In 1961, aged 53, he suffered a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and struggled to [[recuperation (recovery)|recuperate]].{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=442}} On 11 August 1964, while staying at a hotel in [[Canterbury]], Fleming went to the [[Royal St George's Golf Club]] for lunch and later dined at his hotel with friends. The day had been tiring for him, and he collapsed with another heart attack shortly after the meal.{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=442}} Fleming died at age 56 at [[Kent and Canterbury Hospital]] in the early morning of 12 August 1964—his son Caspar's 12th birthday.<ref name="Times obit (1965)" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Fleming and the British Heart Foundation |url=http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=112 |work=About Ian Fleming |publisher=[[Ian Fleming Publications]] |access-date=15 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008202613/http://www.ianfleming.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=112 |archive-date=8 October 2011}}</ref> His last recorded words were an apology to the ambulance drivers for having inconvenienced them,{{sfn| DelFattore |1989|p=110}} saying "I am sorry to trouble you chaps. I don't know how you get along so fast with the traffic on the roads these days."{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=443}} Fleming was buried in the churchyard of [[Sevenhampton, Wiltshire|Sevenhampton]], near [[Swindon]].{{sfn|Winn|2012|p=247}} His will was proved on 4 November, with his estate valued at £302,147 (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|302147|1964|r=0}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}).<ref name="probate">{{cite web |url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Fleming&yearOfDeath=1964&page=2#calendar |title=Fleming, Ian Lancaster |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1964 |website=probatesearchservice.gov |publisher=UK Government |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

Fleming's last two books, ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' and ''Octopussy and The Living Daylights'', were published posthumously.{{sfn|Black|2005|p=75}} ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' was published eight months after Fleming's death and had not been through the full editing process by Fleming.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=141}} As a result, the novel was thought by publishing company Jonathan Cape to be thin and "feeble".{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=445}} The publishers had passed the manuscript to [[Kingsley Amis]] to read on holiday, but did not use his suggestions.{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=445}} Fleming's biographer Henry Chandler observes that the novel "received polite and rather sad reviews, recognising that the book had effectively been left half-finished, and as such did not represent Fleming at the top of his game".{{sfn|Chancellor|2005|p=233}} The final Bond book, containing two short stories, ''Octopussy and The Living Daylights'', was published in Britain on 23 June 1966.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=31}}

In October 1975 Fleming's son Caspar, aged 23, killed himself by [[drug overdose]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Son of Ian Fleming took barbiturate overdose |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=14 October 1975 |location=London |page=3}}</ref> and was buried with his father.{{sfn|Winn|2012|p=247}} Fleming's widow, Ann, died in 1981 and was buried with her husband and their son.<ref name="Lycett (Ann DNB)" />