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did not seek surgery for his nose because he feared the seizures would return. His social and
professional self-confidence were too well established to be undermined by this affliction. It
appeared as if he dared people to meet him squarely and not shrink from the sight, asserting
the force of his character over the ugliness of his face.
Morgan smoked dozens of cigars per day and favored large Havana cigars dubbed Hercules'
Clubs by observers.

Morgan died while traveling abroad on March 31, 1913, just shy of his 76th birthday. He died in
his sleep at the Grand Hotel Plaza in Rome, Italy. His body was brought back to America aboard
the SS France, a French Line passenger ship. Flags on Wall Street flew at half-staff, and in an
honor usually reserved for heads of state, the stock market closed for two hours when his body
passed through New York City. His body was brought to lie in his home and adjacent library the
first night of arrival in New York City. His remains were interred in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in his
birthplace of Hartford, Connecticut. His son, John Pierpont "Jack" Morgan Jr., inherited the
banking business. He bequeathed his mansion and large book collections to the Morgan Library
& Museum in New York.

His estate was worth $68.3 million ($1.39 billion in today's dollars based on CPI, or $25.2 billion
based on share of GDP), of which about $30 million represented his share in the New York and
Philadelphia banks. The value of his art collection was estimated at $50 million.

References:
1. Relative Finder, associated with FamilySearch, and the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS)
2. Wikipedia.org
3. Biography.com
4. Learn more - The life of John Pierpont Morgan
5. LDS Family Tree attached

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