William Sulzer having met `Abdu'l-Bahá during his visit including the United States in 1912. He died in New York November 6, 1941, aged 78. He was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Hillside, New Jersey. "The Great McGinty", Preston Sturges' 1940 film, was based in part on William Sulzer's story, per film historian Kevin Brownlow. "Bitten by the Tiger: The True Story of Impeachment, the Governor & Tammany Hall" a 2013 book written by Jack O'Donnell and published by Chapel Hill Press, goes in depth about William Sulzer's political rise, achievements and his impeachment. William Sulzer William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 –
Preston Sturges would be surprising if I weren't. Sturges married four times and had three sons: Sturges died of a heart attack at the Algonquin Hotel while writing his autobiography (which, ironically, he'd intended to title "The Events Leading Up to My Death"), and was interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. His book, "Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges: His Life in His Words", was published in 1990 by Simon & Schuster. In 1975, he became the first writer to be given the Screen Writers Guild's Laurel Award posthumously. He has a star dedicated to him on the Hollywood Walk