Editing C. S. Lewis (section)

===Illness and death===
[[File:20210418 C.S. Lewis grave-1.jpg|thumb|upright|Lewis's grave at [[Holy Trinity Church, Headington Quarry]]]]
In early June 1961, Lewis became infected with recurrent [[nephritis]] which progressed to chronic low-grade [[sepsis]]. His illness caused him to miss the autumn term at Cambridge, though his health gradually began improving in 1962 and he returned that April. His health continued to improve and, according to his friend [[George Sayer (biographer)|George Sayer]], Lewis was fully himself by early 1963.

On 15 July that year, Lewis fell ill and was admitted to the hospital; he had a heart attack at 5:00&nbsp;pm the next day and lapsed into a coma, but unexpectedly woke the following day at 2:00&nbsp;pm. After he was discharged from the hospital, Lewis returned to the Kilns, though he was too ill to return to work. As a result, he resigned from his post at Cambridge in August 1963.

Lewis's condition continued to decline, and he was diagnosed with [[end-stage kidney failure]] in mid-November. He collapsed in his bedroom at 5:30&nbsp;pm on 22 November, at age 64, and died a few minutes later.<ref>{{Cite book |title=C. S. Lewis – A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet |last=McGrath |first=Alister |publisher=Tyndale House Publishers, Inc |year=2013 |page=358}}</ref> He is buried in the churchyard of [[Holy Trinity Church, Headington Quarry|Holy Trinity Church]], [[Headington]], Oxford.{{sfn|FoHTC}} His brother [[Warren Lewis|Warren]] died on 9 April 1973 and was buried in the same grave.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cslewis.drzeus.net/multimedia/ |title=Picture Album |website=Into the Wardrobe |publisher=Dr Zeus |access-date=7 October 2010 |archive-date=27 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527054913/http://cslewis.drzeus.net/multimedia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Media coverage of Lewis's death was largely overshadowed by news of the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]], which occurred on the same day (approximately 55 minutes following Lewis's collapse), as did the death of English writer [[Aldous Huxley]], author of ''[[Brave New World]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimateislandon0000rudd |title=Ultimate Island: On the Nature of British Science Fiction |last=Ruddick |first=Nicholas |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1993 |isbn=978-0313273735 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ultimateislandon0000rudd/page/28 28] |url-access=registration}}</ref> This coincidence was the inspiration for [[Peter Kreeft]]'s book ''[[Between Heaven and Hell (novel)|Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis, & Aldous Huxley]]''.{{sfn|Kreeft|1982}} Lewis is commemorated on 22 November in the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|church calendar]] of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grossman |first=Cathy Lynn |date=27 January 2006 |title=Parish to push sainthood for Thurgood Marshall |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2006-01-26-marshall-sainthood_x.htm |url-status=live |access-date=28 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831072608/http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2006-01-26-marshall-sainthood_x.htm |archive-date=31 August 2010}}</ref>