Editing Cole Porter (section)

===Last years===
Porter's mother died in 1952, and Linda died of [[emphysema]] in 1954.<ref>Citron (2005), pp. 239 and 242</ref> By 1958, Porter's injuries caused a series of [[Ulcer (dermatology)|ulcers]] on his right leg. After 34 operations, it had to be amputated and replaced with an artificial limb.<ref name=Citron249>Citron (2005), p. 249</ref> His friend [[Noël Coward]] visited him in the hospital and wrote in his diary, "The lines of ceaseless pain have been wiped from his face...I am convinced that his whole life will cheer up and that his work will profit accordingly."<ref>Coward (1982), p. 379</ref> In fact, Porter never wrote another song after the amputation and spent the remaining six years of his life in relative seclusion, seeing only intimate friends.<ref name=Citron249/> He continued to live in the Waldorf Towers in New York in his memorabilia-filled apartment. On weekends, he often visited an estate in the Berkshires, and he stayed in California during the summers.<ref name=nyt/>

Porter died of kidney failure at age 73 on October 15, 1964, in [[Santa Monica]], California.<ref>Davis, Charles Jr. [https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-cole-porter-19641016-snap-story.html "Songwriter Cole Porter Dies"], ''Los Angeles Times'', October 16, 1964. Retrieved November 24, 2021</ref> He is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in his native Peru, Indiana, between his wife and father.<ref>Schwartz (1977), p. 269</ref>