FAMOUS MILLIONAIRE

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 441, 24 May 1937, Page 5

FAMOUS MILLIONAIRE

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER DEATH AT DAYTONA Throngs Of Men And Women At Estate Gates Press Association —Copyright. (Received 10.20 a.m.) New York, May 23.. Th© death has occurred at» Daytona Beach, Florida, after a series of heart attacks, of Mr John Davidson Rockefeller, sen., aged 97. The physician in attendance on Mr Rockefeller attributed death to a hardening of the heart muscles and s.tiated: “He gave no final message, and apparently did not realise that he was dying.” Several servants, long in his employ, stood at the bedside, weeping. The news spread late in the morning throughout the city, and throngs of men and women gathered at the gates of the estate. The laite Mr Rockefeller had been more active recently than for many years. He motored daily to an inlet twelve miles distant, where he watched fishermen and the passage of the shrimping boats. Otherwise hi s contact with the outside world w.as l slight, and he remained in his closelyguarded estate.