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His success left Fitzgerald somewhat fearful of being too involved in it, so he left for Europe, settling with his family on the French Riviera.  There he finished ''The Great Gatsby'' and had published ''All The Sad Young Men'' (1926), a collection of his best short stories.  He also fell in with a group of American expatriate writers known as the "Lost Generation"; these writers included Gerald and Sara Murphy, and [[Ernest Hemingway]].  The Murphys would be models for the protagonists in his last completed novel, ''Tender is the Night'' (1934).

His success left Fitzgerald somewhat fearful of being too involved in it, so he left for Europe, settling with his family on the French Riviera.  There he finished ''The Great Gatsby'' and had published ''All The Sad Young Men'' (1926), a collection of his best short stories.  He also fell in with a group of American expatriate writers known as the "Lost Generation"; these writers included Gerald and Sara Murphy, and [[Ernest Hemingway]].  The Murphys would be models for the protagonists in his last completed novel, ''Tender is the Night'' (1934).

But Fitzgerald had a drinking problem, which got bad during his time in France, and was made worse when Zelda suffered a complete mental breakdown in 1930; she never recovered from a second breakdown two years later, and was in and out of sanitariums for the remainder of her life.  In 1937 he was in Hollywood deep in debt, writing film scripts, contributing short stories to magazines such as the ''Saturday Evening Post'', and working on ''The Last Tycoon'', a book based on the life of producer Irving Thalberg.  He also took up residence with gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, whom he had met while at a party to celebrate her own engagement.  On December 21, 1940 he died of a massive heart attack; he was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Rockville, Maryland.  Zelda was buried with him after her death on March 10, 1948.

But Fitzgerald had a drinking problem, which got bad during his time in France, and was made worse when Zelda suffered a complete mental breakdown in 1930; she never recovered from a second breakdown two years later, and was in and out of sanitariums for the remainder of her life.  In 1937 he was in Hollywood deep in debt, writing film scripts, contributing short stories to magazines such as the ''Saturday Evening Post'', and working on ''The Last Tycoon'', a book based on the life of producer Irving Thalberg.  He also took up residence with gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, whom he had met while at a party to celebrate her own engagement.  On December 21, 1940 he died of a massive heart attack, which some attribute to his tobacco use.  He was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Rockville, Maryland.  Zelda was buried with him after her death on March 10, 1948.

Despite being half-finished when he died, ''The Last Tycoon'' still showed his creative talent, and some critics have placed it on a higher par over ''The Great Gatsby''.  Edmund Wilson had successfully lobbied to get his works back into print, earning for Fitzgerald the acclaim he was due.

Despite being half-finished when he died, ''The Last Tycoon'' still showed his creative talent, and some critics have placed it on a higher par over ''The Great Gatsby''.  Edmund Wilson had successfully lobbied to get his works back into print, earning for Fitzgerald the acclaim he was due.