| − | Due to illness following the summer of 1945, Bailey became increasingly absent from the Senate. He died at his [[Raleigh]] home from cerebral hemorrhage in 1946 at the age of 73 while in office. | + | Due to illness following the summer of 1945, Bailey became increasingly absent from the Senate. He died at his [[Raleigh]] home from cerebral hemorrhage in December 1946 at the age of 73 while in office. |