Editing John Reed (journalist) (section)

==Death==
[[File:JOhnReedFuneral1920Moscow-l.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right|Reed's body [[lying in state]] in Moscow]]
[[File:Kremlin Wall Necropolis 16 Armand - Reed - Rusakov - Pekalov.jpg|thumb|Red Square Mass Grave No. 5, inscriptions for [[Inessa Armand]], John Reed, Ivan Rusakov, and Semyon Pekalov]]

Reed was determined to return to the United States but fell ill on September 25. At first thought to have [[influenza]], he was hospitalized five days later and diagnosed with [[Scrub typhus|spotted typhus]]. Bryant spent all her time with him, but there were no medicines to be obtained because of the Allied [[blockade]]. Reed's mind started to wander; eventually he lost the use of the right side of his body and could no longer speak. His wife was holding his hand when he died in Moscow on October 17, 1920.<ref>Homberger, p. 215</ref> After a hero's funeral, Reed's body was buried in Mass Grave No. 5 at the [[Kremlin Wall Necropolis]] next to [[Inessa Armand]]. Only three Americans have received this honor; the others are [[C. E. Ruthenberg]], the founder of the Communist Party USA; and [[Bill Haywood]], a founding member and leader of the [[Industrial Workers of the World]].