Editing Pearl S. Buck (section)

==Death==
Pearl S. Buck died of [[lung cancer]] on March 6, 1973, in [[Danby, Vermont]]. 
She was interred on [[Green Hills Farm]] in [[Perkasie, Pennsylvania]]. She designed her own tombstone. Her name was not inscribed in English on her tombstone. Instead, the grave marker is inscribed with the Chinese characters '''賽珍珠''' ({{zh|p=Sai Zhenzhu}}) representing the name Pearl Sydenstricker; specifically, Sai is the sound of the first syllable of her last name (Chinese family  names come first), and Zhenzhu is the Chinese word for pearl.<ref>Conn, Peter, [http://www.orlok.com/cyberbil/pearl2/pbbio.html Dragon and the Pearl]</ref><ref>Benoit, Brian, [https://www.readex.com/blog/fostering-understanding%E2%80%94and-children-pearl-s-buck-interprets-china-americans-and-chinese-alike]. This article only mentions the meaning of the second two characters, precious pearl, which in common language is simply the two character word for pearl.</ref>

Buck left behind three contradictory wills, resulting in a three-way legal dispute over her estate between her financial advisor Theodore Harris, the nonprofit Pearl Buck Foundation, and her seven adopted children. After a six-year battle, the dispute was settled in her children's favor after both Harris and the Pearl Buck Foundation dropped their claims (the latter in return for a financial settlement from Buck's children).<ref>{{Cite news |date=1979-11-18 |title=Pearl Buck's 7 Adopted Children Win Six-Year Battle Over Estate |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/18/archives/pearl-bucks-7-adopted-children-win-sixyear-battle-over-estate.html |access-date=2023-07-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>