Editing Thomas E. Dewey (section)

== Death ==
Dewey's wife Frances died in July 1970, six years after being diagnosed with [[breast cancer]].<ref>Smith, p. 630–634.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/23/archives/mrs-nixon-attends-mrs-deweys-rites.html|title=MRS. NIXON ATTENDS MRS. DEWEY'S RITES|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 23, 1970}}</ref> Later that year he began dating actress [[Kitty Carlisle]], and there was talk of marriage.<ref>(Smith, pp. 634–636)</ref>

On March 15, 1971, Dewey traveled to [[Miami, Florida]], for a brief golfing vacation with his friend [[Dwayne Andreas]], and others. The next day, following a round of golf with baseball star [[Carl Yastrzemski]], Dewey failed to appear for his ride to [[Miami International Airport]]. He was found dead in his hotel room.<ref>(Smith, pp. 637–638)</ref> An autopsy determined that he had died suddenly from a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref>(Smith, pp. 637–639)</ref>

Following a public memorial service at [[St. James' Episcopal Church (New York City)|Saint James' Episcopal Church]] in New York City, which was attended by President Nixon, former vice president [[Hubert Humphrey]], New York governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]], and other prominent politicians, Dewey was buried next to his wife Frances in the town cemetery of [[Pawling (town), New York|Pawling, New York]].<ref>(Smith, p. 640)</ref> After his death, his farm of Dapplemere was sold and renamed "Dewey Lane Farm" in his honor.<ref>Smith, p. 642.</ref>

[[File:Governor Thomas E. Dewey Gravesite.jpg|thumb|The gravesite of Governor Dewey]]