Editing Mary Mallon (section)

== Death ==
Mallon spent the rest of her life in quarantine at Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island. She was quite active until 1932, when she suffered a stroke; afterwards, she was confined to the hospital.{{sfn|Marineli|Tsoucalas|Karamanou|Androutsos|2013}} She never completely recovered, and half of her body remained paralyzed.{{sfn|Campbell Bartoletti|2015|p=143}} On November 11, 1938, she died of [[pneumonia]] at age 69.<ref name=NYT/> Mallon's body was cremated, and her ashes were buried in Section 15, Row 19, Grave 55 (S15-R19-G55) at [[Saint Raymond's Cemetery]] in the Bronx.<ref>{{cite book|last=Satin|first=Morton|title=Death in the Pot: The Impact of Food Poisoning on History|publisher=Prometheus Books|isbn=978-1-615-92224-6|page=174|date=December 2, 2009}}</ref> Nine people attended the funeral.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.nytimes.com/1938/11/12/archives/typhoid-mary-dies-of-a-stroke-at-68-carrier-of-disease-blamed-for.html
 |title        = 'TYPHOID MARY' DIES OF A STROKE AT 68; Carrier of Disease, Blamed for 51 Cases and 3 Deaths, but She Was Held Immune Services This Morning Epidemic Is Traced
 |work         = The New York Times
 |date         = November 12, 1938
|access-date   = May 14, 2020
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20200421173434/https://www.nytimes.com/1938/11/12/archives/typhoid-mary-dies-of-a-stroke-at-68-carrier-of-disease-blamed-for.html?searchResultPosition=12
 |archive-date = April 21, 2020
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 |url          = https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/03/typhoid-marys-tragic-tale-exposed-health-impacts-of-super
 |title        = Typhoid Mary's tragic tale exposed the health impacts of 'super-spreaders'
 |publisher    = National Geographic
 |date         = March 18, 2020
|access-date   = May 14, 2020
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20200501221757/https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/03/typhoid-marys-tragic-tale-exposed-health-impacts-of-super
 |archive-date = May 1, 2020
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Some sources claim that an autopsy found evidence of live typhoid bacteria in Mallon's gallbladder.{{sfn|Marineli|Tsoucalas|Karamanou|Androutsos|2013}}<ref name=TheStraightDope/><ref>{{cite episode |series=Drunk History |series-link=Drunk History |season = 6 |number=16 |title=Bad Blood}}</ref> Soper wrote, however, that there was no autopsy, a claim cited by other researchers to assert a conspiracy to calm public opinion after her death.{{sfn|Soper|1939|p=712}}{{sfn|Marineli|Tsoucalas|Karamanou|Androutsos|2013}}