Chesterton died of congestive heart failure on 14 June 1936, aged 62, at his home in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. His last words were a greeting of good morning spoken to his wife Frances. The sermon at Chesterton's Requiem Mass in Westminster Cathedral, London, was delivered by Ronald Knox on 27 June 1936. Knox said, "All of this generation has grown up under Chesterton's influence so completely that we do not even know when we are thinking Chesterton." He is buried in Beaconsfield in the Catholic Cemetery. Chesterton's estate was probated at £28,389, .
Chesterton died of congestive heart failure on 14 June 1936 aged 62 at his home in Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire His last words were a greeting of good morning spoken to his wife Frances The sermon at Chesterton's Requiem Mass in Westminster Cathedral London was delivered by Ronald Knox on 27 June 1936 Knox said "All of this generation has grown up under Chesterton's influence so completely that we do not even know when we are thinking Chesterton" He is buried in Beaconsfield in the Catholic Cemetery Chesterton's estate was probated at £28389 