Editing Charles Coughlin (section)

==Later life==
[[File:Grave of Charles Edward Coughlin (1891–1979) at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan 1.jpg|thumb|right|Father Coughlin's grave at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan]]

Coughlin served as pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower until his retirement in 1966. During this period, the Archdiocese of Detroit reviewed all of Coughlin's public speeches in advance.<ref name="coughlinbroadcast" /> In 1951, he attended Richards's funeral.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 4, 1951 |title=George Arthur Richards: 1889–1951 |volume=40 |pages=25, 91 |work=Broadcasting-Telecasting |issue=23 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1951/BC-1951-06-04.pdf |access-date=August 29, 2021 |via=World Radio History |archive-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830043250/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1951/BC-1951-06-04.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Richards died following a long legal fight to keep his broadcast licenses amid accusations of antisemitism and of using the stations to further his political interests.<ref name="RichardsEulogy">{{Cite news |date=May 31, 1951 |title=Pastor Calls G. A. Richards Death 'Murder' |page=I-9 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |agency=United Press |location=Los Angeles, California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84395421/pastor-calls-g-a-richards-death/ |access-date=August 30, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830043249/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84395421/pastor-calls-g-a-richards-death/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CrosbyWGAR">{{Cite news |last=Crosby |first=John |author-link=John Crosby (media critic) |date=March 9, 1948 |title=Radio In Review: Freedom Of Speech On The Air |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84336684/radio-in-review-freedom-of-speech-on/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829064120/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84336684/radio-in-review-freedom-of-speech-on/ |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |access-date=August 29, 2021 |work=The Evening Review |location=East Liverpool, Ohio |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=New York Herald Tribune}}</ref>

Coughlin died in [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan|Bloomfield Hills]], Michigan, in 1979 at age 88.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=October 28, 1979 |title=The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin Dies: Noted as 'The Radio Priest' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/10/28/the-rev-charles-e-coughlin-dies-noted-as-the-radio-priest/baded71c-2d5e-4bd7-b0b4-89c1ae33fe7a/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102195130/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/10/28/the-rev-charles-e-coughlin-dies-noted-as-the-radio-priest/baded71c-2d5e-4bd7-b0b4-89c1ae33fe7a/ |archive-date=January 2, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Church officials stated that he had been bedridden for several weeks.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Krebs |first=Albin |date=October 28, 1979 |title=Charles Coughlin, 30's 'Radio Priest' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/28/archives/charles-coughlin-30s-radio-priest-dies-fiery-sermons-stirred-furor.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102195115/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/28/archives/charles-coughlin-30s-radio-priest-dies-fiery-sermons-stirred-furor.html |archive-date=January 2, 2021 |access-date=November 12, 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> He was buried in the [[Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Southfield, Michigan)|Holy Sepulchre Cemetery]] in [[Southfield, Michigan|Southfield]], Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cfcsdetroit.org/locations/holy-sepulchre/|title=Holy Sepulchre {{!}} Locations|website=cfcsdetroit.org|language=en-gb|access-date=November 12, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102195121/https://www.cfcsdetroit.org/location/holy-sepulchre/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Pope Francis]] designated the Shrine of the Little Flower as a [[Basilicas in the Catholic Church#Minor basilicas|minor basilica]] in 2015.<ref name="basilica">{{cite news |last=Hicks |first=Mark |date=January 31, 2015 |title=Pope names Shrine of the Little Flower a basilica |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2015/01/31/pope-names-shrine-little-flower-basilica/22670965/ |work=[[The Detroit News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Pope Francis grants National Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak honorary title of Minor Basilica |date=January 31, 2015 |publisher=Archdiocese of Detroit |url=http://www.aod.org/our-archdiocese/newsroom/news-releases/2015/january/pope-francis-grants-national-shrine-of-the-little-flower-honorary-title-of-minor-basilica/ |access-date=2016-02-09}}</ref>