Coward died at his home, Firefly Estate, in Jamaica on 26 March 1973 of heart failure[REF] and was buried three days later on the brow of Firefly Hill, overlooking the north coast of the island [REF].
Coward's most important relationship, which began in the mid-1940s and lasted until his death, was with the South African stage and film actor Graham Payn [REF].