at a drugstore lunch counter when a gabby guy who knew who he was took the stool beside him and began babbling. "I wonder what's become of so-and-so?" he finally wondered, naming a Broadwayfarer who had sunk into obscurity. "I don't know", said Dillingham, adding thoughtfully, "I wonder what's become of Dillingham?"” Dillingham died of bronchopneumonia on August 30, 1934 at the Hotel Astor where he lived. Footnotes References Charles Dillingham obituary, New York Times August 31, 1934. External links 1868 births 1934 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights American theater critics American theatre managers and producers Broadway theatre producers Burials at Cedar Hill Cemetery (Hartford, Connecticut) Deaths from bronchopneumonia Deaths from pneumonia in New York City People from Hartford, Connecticut 20th-century American male writers