Editing Charles Curtis (section)

== Post–vice presidency (1933–1936) ==
[[File:Charles Curtis bust.jpg|right|thumb|Charles Curtis's vice-presidential bust]]

Curtis decided to stay in [[Washington, D.C.]], to resume his legal career, as he had a wide network of professional contacts from his long career in Congress and the executive branch. He participated in one of the earliest known triathlons in the city.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yves. |first1=Cordier |title=Triathlon : [technique, tactique, entraînement] |year=1991 |publisher=Laffont |others=Malaurent, Max. |isbn=2221071557 |location=Paris |oclc=53765579}}</ref>{{Dubious|date=February 2023}}

Curtis died from a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on February 8, 1936, at the age of 76.<ref name="APobit">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gYMgAAAAIBAJ&pg=2160,1762809 |title=Former Vice President, Charles Curtis. Succumbs |work=Southeast Missourian |date=February 8, 1936 |page=1 |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-date=November 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106181748/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gYMgAAAAIBAJ&pg=2160%2C1762809&dq=charles+curtis&hl=en |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> By his wishes, his body was returned to Kansas and buried next to his wife at the [[Topeka Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Death to Curtis: The Former Vice-President and Senator From Kansas is Victim of Heart Attack |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/656952171/ |newspaper=[[The Weekly Kansas City Star]] |location=Kansas City, MO |date=February 12, 1936 |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |language=en}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/163473240/ Clipping] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>