Death
Thaw died of a heart attack in Miami, Florida on February 22, 1947 at the age of 76. At his death Thaw left an estate valued at some one million dollars. In his will he left Evelyn Nesbit a bequest equal to one percent of his financial worth—the amount of ten thousand dollars. He was buried in Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
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