Editing Walter Knott (section)

== Death and legacy ==
On December 3, 1981, just eight days shy of his 92nd birthday, Walter Knott died from complications of Parkinson's disease at his home in [[Buena Park, California]].<ref name="nytimes_knott1981">{{cite web |last=Flint |first=Peter B. |date=December 5, 1981 |title=Walter Knott of Knott's Berry Farm is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/05/obituaries/walter-knott-of-knott-s-berry-farm-is-dead.html |access-date=September 27, 2019 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Knott is buried at Loma Vista Memorial Park in [[Fullerton, California]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=huF-TGLDIAsC&dq=Loma+Vista+walter+knott&pg=PA122 ''Knott's Berry Farm'']</ref>

Knott's Berry Farm continues to operate year-round today. The Knott family remained owners of Knott's Berry Farm until 1997, when the park was sold to [[Cedar Fair|Cedar Fair Entertainment Company]] (now [[Six Flags|Six Flags Entertainment Corporation]]) for $300 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Granelli |first=James |date=October 22, 1997 |title=Knotts Agree to Sell Park |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-22-mn-45415-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

[[The J.M. Smucker Co.]] owns the "Knott's Berry Farm" brand of jams, jellies, and snack foods—which Smucker purchased from [[ConAgra Foods]] in 2008.<ref>Merritt, Christopher and Lynxwiler, J. Eric, ''Knott's Preserved: From Boysenberry to Theme Park, the History of Knoot's Berry Farm,'' pp. 154–60, Angel City Press, Santa Monica, CA, 2010.</ref> Smucker discontinued selling Knott's branded products in 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gelski |first=Jeff |date=January 23, 2024 |title=Smucker Discontinues Knott's Berry Farm Brand |url=https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/25409-smucker-discontinues-knotts-berry-farm-brand |work=Food Business News}}</ref>