Editing Karl Mannheim (section)

===Death===
Mannheim died in London on January 9, 1947, at the age of 53 due to a congenitally weak heart.<ref name="Sica" /> Shortly before his death, he was invited to be director of [[UNESCO]], an offer he was unfortunately not able to accept.<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal|title=Karl Mannheim and the Sociology of Knowledge|journal=Salmagundi|issue=10/11|pages=292–302|jstor=40546528|last1 = Sagarin|first1 = Edward|last2=Kelly|first2=Robert J.|year=1969}}</ref> He was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]] and his ashes were placed in the columbarium there in an urn, and later mixed with those of his wife. He was originally placed opposite [[Sigmund Freud]] as a planned pairing, but Freud was later relocated.