In April 1941, while he was en route to visit one of the Pittsburgh farm clubs in Moultrie, Georgia, Schultz was suddenly stricken with acute toxic hepatitis and died in Columbia, South Carolina, at the age of 47.
In April 1941, Schultz's life was cut short when he fell ill with severe toxic hepatitis while traveling to visit a Pittsburgh farm club in Moultrie, Georgia. He died in Columbia, South Carolina, at the age of 47.