Editing Harpo Marx (section)

== Death ==
On September 26, 1964, Marx was admitted to the [[intensive care unit]] of [[West Los Angeles VA Medical Center|West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center]] in [[Los Angeles]] for a heart operation.

Marx died in the hospital after surgery on September 28, 1964, aged 75.<ref name="NYTimes2" /> Harpo's death was said to have hit the surviving Marx brothers very hard. Groucho's son [[Arthur Marx]], who attended the funeral with most of the Marx family,<ref name="NYTFuneral">{{cite news |last1=Lindsey |first1=Robert |title=Family Honors Groucho Marx at Private Gathering |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/08/22/archives/family-honors-groucho-marx-at-private-gathering.html |access-date=31 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=22 August 1977}}</ref> later said that Harpo's funeral was the only time in his life that he ever saw his father cry.<ref name="attic" /> In his will, Harpo Marx donated his trademark harp to the State of [[Israel]],<ref name="Mitchell" /> where it was later used in an Israeli orchestra.<ref name="IsraeliHarpDonation" /> His remains were cremated<ref name="IMDbMain" /> at the [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] and a portion of his ashes were allegedly scattered in the sand trap at the 7th hole of a golf course in [[Rancho Mirage, California]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}