Editing D. W. Griffith (section)

== Death ==
On the morning of July 23, 1948, Griffith was discovered unconscious in the lobby at the [[Knickerbocker Hotel (Los Angeles)|Knickerbocker Hotel]] in Los Angeles, where he had been living alone. He died of a [[Intracerebral hemorrhage|cerebral hemorrhage]] on the way to a Hollywood hospital.<ref name=obit/> A public memorial service was held in his honor at the [[Hollywood Masonic Temple]]. He is buried at Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard in Centerfield, Kentucky.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schickel |first=Richard |title=D.W. Griffith: An American Life |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |date=1996 |page=31 |isbn=0-87910-080-X}}</ref> In 1950, The [[Directors Guild of America]] provided a stone and bronze monument for his grave site.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schickel |first=Richard |title=D.W. Griffith: An American Life |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |date=1996 |page=605 |isbn=0-87910-080-X}}</ref>