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Cleveland, nicknamed 'the Growler', retired to Princeton, New Jersey. Some people wanted him to run again in 1904, but he was too old. Sometimes President Theodore Roosevelt asked him for advice, but Cleveland refused to head Roosevelt's Coal Commission in 1893 because it meant selling his railroad stocks.
Cleveland, nicknamed 'the Growler', retired to Princeton, New Jersey. Some people wanted him to run again in 1904, but he was too old. Sometimes President Theodore Roosevelt asked him for advice, but Cleveland refused to head Roosevelt's Coal Commission in 1893 because it meant selling his railroad stocks.
Cleveland died on June 24, 1908 from a heart and kidney disease, with his wife at his side. He is buried in the Princeton Cemetery.<ref>Encyclopedia of Presidents by Zachary Kent, Chicago Press, 1988.</ref>
Cleveland died on June 24, 1908, from a heart and kidney disease, with his wife at his side. He is buried in the Princeton Cemetery.<ref>Encyclopedia of Presidents by Zachary Kent, Chicago Press, 1988.</ref>
==Honors and memorials==
==Honors and memorials==