Editing Henry L. Stimson (section)

==Later life==
Stimson officially announced his retirement on September 21, 1945. Afterwards, he wrote his memoirs with the aid of [[McGeorge Bundy]]. ''On Active Service in Peace and War'' was published by Harper in 1948 to critical acclaim.  It is often cited by historians, as are the 170,000 typed pages of candid diaries that Stimson dictated at the end of every day. The diary is now in the Yale University Library; parts have been published in microfilm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://microformguides.gale.com/Data/Introductions/82920FM.htm |title=The Diaries of Henry Lewis Stimson in the Yale University Library |publisher=Microformguides.gale.com |date=1945-09-21 |access-date=2014-07-20 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050319/http://microformguides.gale.com/Data/Introductions/82920FM.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Two months after leaving office, in November 1945, Stimson suffered a heart attack from which he recovered, although he suffered a speech impediment.<ref>{{cite news |author=Universal Press Syndicate|title=Stimson Recovering from Heart Attack |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19451113&id=ViIbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5113,5498675 |work=Pittsburgh Press |date=Nov 13, 1945 |access-date=2014-01-23}}</ref> In the summer of 1950, Stimson fell and broke his leg and was confined to a wheelchair. On October 20, one month after his 83rd birthday, he succumbed to complications from a second heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |title=Henry L. Stimson Dies at 83 In His Home on Long Island |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0921.html |work=[[New York Times]] |date=October 21, 1950 |access-date=2014-01-23}}</ref> Stimson died at his estate Highhold in [[Huntington, New York]].<ref name="stimson-dies-on-li">{{cite news|work=[[Newsday]]|title=Henry L. Stimson, 83, Dies on LI, Served Nation in Four Cabinets|date=October 21, 1950|page=2}}</ref> He is buried in the adjacent town of [[Laurel Hollow, New York|Laurel Hollow]], in the cemetery of St. John's Church.<ref name="MyUser_Stjcsh.org_August_30_2015c">{{cite web |url=http://stjcsh.org/about/cemetery/ |title=Memorial Cemetery, St. John's Church |access-date= October 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldlongisland.com/2010/08/st-johnn-church-memorial-cemetery.html|title=St. John's Church Memorial Cemetery|website=Oldlongisland.com|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref> He was the last surviving member of [[William Howard Taft]]'s cabinet.
[[File:Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson Gravesite.jpg|thumb|The gravesite of Secretary Stimson]]