 Mary died in 1834 , and Grimaldi moved to 33 Southampton Street , Islington , where he spent the last few years of his life alone as a depressed alcoholic . On 31 May 1837 he complained of a tightening of the chest but recuperated enough to attend his local public house , The Marquis of Cornwallis , where he spent a convivial evening entertaining fellow patrons and drinking to excess . He returned home that evening and was found dead in bed by his housekeeper the following morning . The coroner recorded that he had " died by the visitation of God " . Grimaldi was buried in St. James 's Churchyard , Pentonville , on 5 June 1837 . The burial site and the area around it was later named Joseph Grimaldi Park . 
