Editing Quentin Crisp (section)

===Death===
Crisp died of a heart attack on 21 November 1999, at age 90, while staying at the home of a friend in [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy]], Manchester, on the eve of a nationwide revival of his one-man show.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/1999/nov/22/uk.news|title = Quentin Crisp, 90, dies on eve of sell-out British tour|work = [[The Guardian]]|date = 22 November 1999|accessdate = 7 March 2022|last = Baldwin|first = Paul}}</ref>  He was cremated with a minimum of ceremony as he had requested, and his ashes were flown back to his personal assistant and travel companion Phillip Ward in New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/phillip-ward-talks-the-last-word-by-quentin-crisp_b_5a293aafe4b09ee35b8ae69a|title=Phillip Ward Talks 'The Last Word' by Quentin Crisp and More (AUDIO)|date=7 December 2017|website=HuffPost}}</ref>

He bequeathed his rights in three books to his respective collaborators: Phillip Ward for Crisp's final book ''The Last Word'' and the book ''And One More Thing'' (formerly titled ''Dusty Answers''); Guy Kettelhack for ''The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp'' and [[John Hofsess]] for ''Manners from Heaven''. From his remaining literary estate (including The Naked Civil Servant), he bequeathed all future UK-only income (but not the [[copyright]]s, which are managed by Ward, and belong to Ward, literary agent Stedman Mays, and writer Mary Tahan) to the two men he considered to have had the greatest influence on his career: his long-time agent Richard Gollner, and his first agent Donald Carroll.{{fact|date=September 2024}}