 In October 1977, while intoxicated, he was beaten in the vicinity of the Hotel Europejski in Warsaw by Citizens' Militia members.He died a few days after the beating.On 2 August 2009, former Polish president Lech Kaczyński posthumously awarded Maklakiewicz the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding contributions to the independence of the Polish Republic and for his achievements in the activities for the development of Polish culture.