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==Death==

==Death==

In her later years, she was impaired by diabetes. In 1976, she suffered brain damage while in a diabetic coma. In January 1986,she lost her right leg because the diabetes caused poor circulation. Five months later, she underwent a mastectomy. She died at the age of seventy-nine of respiratory arrest at Raleigh Community Hospital in the capital city of [[Raleigh]], [[North Carolina]].​<ref name=findagrave/>Upon her death in Raleigh at the age of seventy-nine, President Reagan declared the [[conservative]] Smith "a patriot in every sense of the word. She thrilled us all with her stirring rendition of ‘God Bless America’ and sang with a passion which left few eyes dry.’’<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timeline.com/kate-smith-fat-shamed3bb7aaa26bd5-3bb7aaa26bd5|title=The woman who gave us 'God Bless America' was too busy winning to care about being fat-shamed|publisher=timeline.com|date=March 21, 2017|author=Stephanie Buck|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}</ref>

In her later years, she was impaired by diabetes. In 1976, she suffered brain damage while in a diabetic coma. In January 1986,she lost her right leg because the diabetes caused poor circulation. Five months later, she underwent a mastectomy. She died at the age of seventy-nine of respiratory arrest at Raleigh Community Hospital in the capital city of [[Raleigh]], [[North Carolina]].​<ref name=findagrave/>

 

Upon her death in Raleigh at the age of seventy-nine, President Reagan declared the [[conservative]] Smith "a patriot in every sense of the word. She thrilled us all with her stirring rendition of ‘God Bless America’ and sang with a passion which left few eyes dry.’’<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timeline.com/kate-smith-fat-shamed3bb7aaa26bd5-3bb7aaa26bd5|title=The woman who gave us 'God Bless America' was too busy winning to care about being fat-shamed|publisher=timeline.com|date=March 21, 2017|author=Stephanie Buck|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}</ref>

Miss Smith is interred at St. Agnes Cemetery in Lake Placid more than a year after her passing. The delay was caused by a dispute over the size of her pink granite mausoleum. In the interim, her remains were stored in a vault at another cemetery. Hers was the first above-ground burial at St. Agnes Cemetery in Lake Placid. She was not buried until November 14, 1987.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r_ZJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HoUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1107,7407962|title=Kate Smith burial Set 18 months after death|date=November 13, 1987|publisher=''The Youngstown ([[Ohio]]) Vindicator''|page=34|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}</ref>​​

Miss Smith is interred at St. Agnes Cemetery in Lake Placid more than a year after her passing. The delay was caused by a dispute over the size of her pink granite mausoleum. In the interim, her remains were stored in a vault at another cemetery. Hers was the first above-ground burial at St. Agnes Cemetery in Lake Placid. She was not buried until November 14, 1987.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r_ZJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HoUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1107,7407962|title=Kate Smith burial Set 18 months after death|date=November 13, 1987|publisher=''The Youngstown ([[Ohio]]) Vindicator''|page=34|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}</ref>​​

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