Editing Edwin Booth (section)

==Death==
[[File:EdwinBoothGrave.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|Booth's grave in Massachusetts]]
Booth had a small stroke in 1891, which precipitated his decline. He suffered another stroke in April 1893 and died June 7, 1893, in his apartment in [[The Players (New York City)|The Players]] clubhouse. He was buried next to his first wife at [[Mount Auburn Cemetery]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountauburn.org/map/ |title=Map &#124; Mount Auburn Cemetery |publisher=Mountauburn.org |access-date=September 3, 2013}}</ref> His bedroom in the club has been kept untouched since his death.<ref>{{cite web| title=Booth, Edwin (1833-1893)| website=The Vault at Pfaff's| url=https://pfaffs.web.lehigh.edu/node/54246| access-date=November 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D00E3D61F3FEF33A25754C0A9609C94629ED7CF#| title=Edwin Booth Is Dead| date=June 7, 1893| newspaper=The New York Times| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

===Exhumation request===
In December 2010, Booth's descendants' reported that they obtained permission to exhume the Shakespearean actor's body to obtain [[DNA]] samples to compare with a sample of his brother John's DNA to refute the rumor he had escaped after the assassination. However, a spokesperson from the Mount Auburn Cemetery, where Booth is buried, denied reports that the family had contacted them and requested to exhume Edwin's body.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/2011/01/06/cambridge-cemetery-waiting-to-hear-from-john-wilkes-booths-family-about-digging-brother-up/ |title=Cambridge cemetery waiting to hear from John Wilkes Booth's family about digging brother up |first=Brian |last=Nanos |date=January 5, 2011 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |website=Cambrigia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530011716/http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/2011/01/06/cambridge-cemetery-waiting-to-hear-from-john-wilkes-booths-family-about-digging-brother-up/#axzz1MUAAZ1Fm |archive-date=May 30, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  The family hopes to obtain DNA samples from artifacts belonging to John Wilkes, or from remains such as vertebrae stored at the [[National Museum of Health and Medicine]] in Maryland.<ref>{{cite news |title=What Really Happened to Booth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98657577/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |first=Edward |last=Colimore |date=December 23, 2010 |page=1A |access-date=March 29, 2022}}[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98657838/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ cont on page 14]</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Booth relatives want DNA testing to verify ID| url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10359/1113521-100.stm| newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| date=December 23, 2010| access-date=January 3, 2014| archive-date=December 29, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229080743/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10359/1113521-100.stm| url-status=dead}}</ref>  On March 30, 2013, museum spokesperson Carol Johnson announced that the family's request to extract DNA from the vertebrae had been rejected.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98668827/the-philadelphia-inquirer/| title=Booth mystery to endure| first=Edward| last=Colimore| newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer| date=March 30, 2013| page=A1| access-date=March 29, 2022}}[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98669064/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ Cont. on page A4.]</ref>