Editing Blind Lemon Jefferson (section)

===Death and grave===
[[File:Blind Lemon Jefferson grave in Wortham, TX.jpg|thumb|Jefferson's grave in [[Wortham, Texas]]]]
Jefferson died in Chicago at 10:00&nbsp;a.m. on December 19, 1929, of what his death certificate said was "probably acute [[myocarditis]]".<ref>{{cite book |title=The Frog Blues & Jazz Annual No. 1: The Musicians, the Records & the Music of the 78 Era |year=2010 |publisher=[[Frog Records]] |isbn=978-0956471703}}</ref> For many years, rumors circulated that a jealous lover had poisoned his coffee, but a more likely explanation is that he died of a heart attack after becoming disoriented during a snowstorm. Some{{Who|date=August 2020}} have said that he died of a heart attack after being attacked by a dog in the middle of the night. In his 1983 book ''Tolbert's Texas'', [[Frank X. Tolbert]] claims that he was killed while being robbed of a large royalty payment by a guide escorting him to [[Chicago Union Station]] to catch a train home to Texas. Paramount Records paid for the return of his body to Texas by train, accompanied by the pianist [[William Ezell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/william-ezell-mn0000585184|title=William Ezell – Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref>

Jefferson was buried at [[Wortham, Texas|Wortham]] Negro Cemetery (later Wortham Black Cemetery) in Wortham, Freestone County, Texas. His grave was unmarked until 1967, when a Texas historical marker was erected in the general area of his plot; however, the precise location of the grave is still unknown. By 1996, the cemetery and marker were in poor condition, and a new granite headstone was erected in 1997. The inscription reads: "[[See That My Grave Is Kept Clean|Lord, it's one kind favor I'll ask of you, see that my grave is kept clean]]."<ref>{{Cite web|last1=McLeod|first1=Gerald E.|date=January 22, 2021|title=Day Trips: Blind Lemon Memorial Cemetery, Wortham|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/columns/2021-01-22/day-trips-blind-lemon-memorial-cemetery-wortham/|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Austinchronicle.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keeponliving.at/song/see_that_my_grave_is_kept_clean.html|title=See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Blind Lemon Jefferson)|website=Keeponliving.at|access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref> In 2007, the cemetery's name was changed to Blind Lemon Memorial Cemetery, and his gravesite is kept clean by a cemetery committee in Wortham.<ref>[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fje01 "Jefferson, Blind Lemon"]. ''Handbook of Texas Online''. [[Texas State Historical Association]]. May 30, 2010. "In 2007 the name of the cemetery was changed to Blind Lemon Memorial Cemetery."</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g56920-d11739652-i225533906-Blind_Lemon_Memorial_Cemetery-Wortham_Texas.html|title=Blind Lemon's Headstone – Picture of Blind Lemon Memorial Cemetery, Wortham|website=Tripadvisor.co.za|access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref>