Death
Hearst died, aged 70, in Washington, D.C. February 28, 1891. The San Francisco legislature left early to attend George’s funeral.
He is buried with his wife and son in Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma, California. The Hearst Memorial Mining Building on the Berkeley campus is dedicated to his memory.
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