Editing Eugene McCarthy (section)

==Death and legacy==
McCarthy died of complications from [[Parkinson's disease]] at age 89 on December 10, 2005, in a retirement home in [[Georgetown, Washington, D.C.]], where he had lived for the previous few years.<ref name = Cline/> Former President [[Bill Clinton]] gave his eulogy.

Following his death the [[College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University]] renamed their Public Policy Center the [[Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement|publisher=College of Saint Benedict|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/publicpolicy|access-date=September 6, 2007}}</ref> The Democratic party memorialized his death during the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]] in Denver, Colorado, on August 28, 2008. The memorial included pictures of several prominent Democrats who had died during the four-year period since the [[2004 Democratic National Convention|2004 Convention]] displayed on a large screen. During McCarthy's tribute, the screen displaying his photograph mistakenly left off his first name but included his middle name, calling him "Senator Joseph McCarthy"; [[Joseph McCarthy]] was a notable Republican Senator from [[Wisconsin]] famous for his [[McCarthyism|anti-Communist campaigning]] and sparring with journalist [[Edward R. Murrow]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dems Confuse Joe, Eugene McCarthy|website=NPR.org|date=August 27, 2008|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94029081|access-date=August 29, 2008}}</ref>

In 2009, his alma mater, St. John's University, honored McCarthy by establishing the Eugene McCarthy Distinguished Public Service Award.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eugene McCarthy Public Service Award|url=http://www.csbsju.edu/mccarthy-center/about-the-center/the-center-in-the-news/alumnaei/eugene-mccarthy-public-service-award|access-date=October 5, 2014|publisher=The Eugene J. McCarthy Center|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084028/http://www.csbsju.edu/mccarthy-center/about-the-center/the-center-in-the-news/alumnaei/eugene-mccarthy-public-service-award|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

McCarthy's files as U.S. congressman (Democratic Farmer-Labor) from Minnesota's 4th district (1949–1959) and as U.S. senator from Minnesota (1959–1971) are available at the Minnesota History Center for research. They include executive files, general files, legislative files, personal files, political and campaign (including senatorial, vice presidential, and presidential) files, public relations files, sound and visual materials (with photographs), and speeches.<ref>[http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00909.xml Eugene J. McCarthy Papers] at Minnesota Historical Society; accessed June 14, 2017.</ref>