Editing C. R. Smith (section)

==Death and honors==
[[File:American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum May 2019 23 (C. R. Smith's grandfather clock).jpg|thumb|C. R. Smith's [[grandfather clock]] at the [[American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum]]]]

Smith died from a cardiac arrest in [[Annapolis, Maryland]], on April 4, 1990, at the age of 90.<ref name="Obit">{{cite web |title=C.R.Smith, 90, Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/04/06/cr-smith-90-dies/3153f6a5-211f-4fbb-ac28-70603104cde8/ |website=Washington Post Obit |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> He is buried at the [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Arlington, Virginia]].<ref name="arlington">{{cite web |title=Cyrus Rowlett (C. R.) Smith |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cr-smith.htm |website=arlingtoncemetary.net |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref>
* Smith was a [[Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans|Horatio Alger]] award winner in 1961.<ref name="Horatio">{{cite web |title=Past winners (p. 186) |url=https://horatioalger.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/OIA-Book-FINAL-PDF.pdf |website=HoratioAlger.Org |access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref>
* In 1974, Smith was inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] in Dayton, Ohio.<ref>{{cite web |title=Enshrinee Cyrus Smith |url=https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/cyrus-c-r-smith/ |website=nationalaviation.org |publisher=National Aviation Hall of Fame |access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref>
* He was the 1976 recipient of the [[Tony Jannus Award]] for distinguished achievement in commercial air transportation.<ref name="Jannus">{{cite web |title=Past Recipients |url=https://tonyjannus.com/recipient |website=TonyJannus.com |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref>
* In 1992 he was inducted into the [[Airlift/Tanker Association]] Hall of Fame.<ref name="Tanker">{{cite web |title=1992 – Maj. Gen. Cyrus Rowlett (CR) Smith |url=https://www.atalink.org/hall-of-fame/3YJLYIVD71iOKPy2CdrcvM |website=Airlift/Airtanker Association Hall of Fame |access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
* American Airlines opened the [[American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum|C. R. Smith Museum]] in 1993 at its [[Fort Worth, Texas]] corporate campus.<ref name=Museum/>
* In 1996, Smith was inducted into the [[International Air & Space Hall of Fame]] at the [[San Diego Air & Space Museum]].<ref name="Fame">{{cite web |title=Cyrus Smith |url=https://sandiegoairandspace.org/hall-of-fame/honoree/cyrus-smith |website=San Diego Air and Space Museum Hall of Fame |access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref>
* Smith was also the recipient of the [[Billy Mitchell Award]] and the Wright Brothers Memorial Award, as well as elected into the Travel Hall of Fame and the Business Hall of Fame.<ref name=Obit/>
* Smith was awarded [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)]] for his service during WWII.<ref name="CBE">{{cite web |title=Nominations, 1968: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First and Second Sessions |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9FFAQAAMAAJ&q=C.R.+Smith+awarded+the+Order+of+the+British+Empire&pg=PA24 |website=books.google.com |year = 1968|access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref>