Editing Buffalo Bill (section)

== Death ==
[[File:Buffalo Bill's funeral cph.3b14503.jpg|thumb|left|1917]]
[[File:Buffalo_bill_1927.jpg|thumb|upright|1927]]
[[File:Cody grave in Golden, CO IMG 5487.JPG|thumb|2010]]
Cody died on January 10, 1917. He was baptized in the [[Catholic Church]] the day before his death by Father Christopher Walsh of the [[Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Denver)|Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception]].<ref name= Russell-Lives />{{rp|469}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Weber|first=Francis J.|title=America's Catholic Heritage: Some Bicentennial Reflections, 1776–1976|publisher=University of Wisconsin|year=1979|location=Madison|page=49}}</ref><ref name= Moses-Images />{{rp|193}} He received a full [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] funeral.<ref name="BCMason"/> Upon the news of Cody's death, tributes were made by [[George V|King George&nbsp;V]], [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm&nbsp;II]], and President [[Woodrow Wilson]].<ref name="John Lloyd 2006">[[John Lloyd (producer)|Lloyd, John]]; [[John Mitchinson (researcher)|Mitchinson, John]] (2006). ''[[The Book of General Ignorance]]''. Faber & Faber.</ref> His funeral service was held at the Elks Lodge Hall in Denver. The governor of Wyoming, [[John B. Kendrick]], a friend of Cody, led the funeral procession to the cemetery.

At the time of his death, Cody's once-great fortune had dwindled to less than $100,000 (approximately ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|100000|1917|r=-3}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}}). He left his burial arrangements with his wife. She said that he had always said he wanted to be buried on Lookout Mountain, which was corroborated by their daughter Irma, Cody's sisters, and family friends. But other family members joined the people of Cody in saying that he should be buried in the town he founded.

On June 3, 1917, Cody was buried on [[Lookout Mountain (Colorado)|Lookout Mountain]], in [[Golden, Colorado]], west of Denver, on the edge of the [[Rocky Mountains]], overlooking the [[Great Plains]]. His burial site was selected by his sister Mary Decker.<ref>''[[Golden Transcript|Colorado Transcript]]'', May 17, 1917.</ref> In 1948, the Cody chapter of the [[American Legion]] offered a $10,000 reward (approximately ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|10000|1948|r=-3}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}}) to anyone who could steal Cody's body and deliver it to Cody, Wyoming. In response, the Denver chapter of the American Legion mounted a guard over the grave.<ref name="John Lloyd 2006"/> There are still rumors about the true burial place of Buffalo Bill Cody. Although Lookout Mountain has a gravesite behind a fence and under concrete, there are claims that [[Cody, Wyoming]], was the beneficiary of a body swap carried out before he was buried in Colorado and that he was instead laid to rest on top of Cedar Mountain in Cody.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Bill Cody's Two Graves |url=https://www.codyyellowstone.org/press/the-mystery-of-buffalo-bill-codys-two-graves-1/ |website=Cody Yellowstone |date=November 3, 2016 |access-date=July 25, 2022}}</ref>

On June 9, 1917, his show was sold to Archer Banker of [[Salina, Kansas]], for $105,000 (approximately ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|105000|1917|r=-3}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}}).<ref>{{cite news |title=Buffalo Bill Show Sold |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/06/10/98251684.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 10, 1917 }}</ref>