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 critic Ephraim Katz wrote that Sturges films "...parodied with pungent wit various aspects of American life from politics and advertising to sex and hero worship. They were marked by their verbal wit, opportune comic timing, and eccentric, outrageously funny camo characterizations." Film critic Andrew Sarris wrote, "Sturges repeatedly suggested that the lowliest boob could rise to the top with the right degree of luck, bluff, and fraud." Critic Andrew Dickos wrote that "the touchstone of Preston Sturges' screenwriting lies in the respect paid to the play and density of verbal language" and "establishes the standard of eloquence as one of