How did Mary Cassatt die?
Mary Stevenson Cassatt – born May 22, 1844, Allegheny City [now part of Pittsburg], Pa., U.S. died June 14, 1926, Château de Beaufresne, near Paris, France. Cassatt’s last years were overshadowed with the loss of close people, relatives and friends. She suffered from many diseases, like diabetes and had cataracts on both eyes, which eventually reduced her to near blindness. She lived in solitude at the Château de Beaufresne, accompanied only by her longtime housekeeper, Mathilde Valet, or in the south of France. At the outbreak of WWI Cassatt had to give up painting entirely. Mary Cassatt died, at the age of 82, at the Château de Beaufresne on June 14, 1926, and was buried in the family vault at nearby Mesnil-Théribus.
