Editing H. L. Mencken (section)

===Death===
Mencken died in his sleep on January 29, 1956.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 30, 1956 |title=HL Mencken, 75, Dies in Baltimore |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F14FF3C58157B93C2AA178AD85F428585F9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201055700/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F14FF3C58157B93C2AA178AD85F428585F9 |archive-date=December 1, 2008 |quote=HL Mencken was found dead in bed early today. The 75-year-old author, editor, critic and newspaper man had lived in retirement since suffering a cerebral hemorrhage in 1948}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hutchison |first=Anne W. |date=1956-01-30 |title=H. L. Mencken, Author, Dies at 75 |pages=1 |work=The Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116224231/h-l-mencken-author-dies-at-75/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111093226/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116224231/h-l-mencken-author-dies-at-75/ |archive-date=January 11, 2023}}</ref> He was interred in Baltimore's [[Loudon Park Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baltimore's historic Loudon Park cemetery affected by flooding after recent storms |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-loudon-park-cemetery-20180607-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014144339/https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-loudon-park-cemetery-20180607-story.html |archive-date=October 14, 2019 |website=Baltimore Sun|date=June 8, 2018 }}</ref> A very small, short, and private service was held, in accordance with Mencken's wishes.<ref>"Mencken: The American Iconoclast" By Marion Elizabeth Rodgers. Page 549</ref>

Although it does not appear on his tombstone, Mencken, during his ''Smart Set'' days, wrote a joking epitaph for himself:

{{blockquote|If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.<ref>"Epitaph", ''Smart Set'', December 3, 1921, p. 33.</ref>}}