Rockefeller suffered from alopecia
Rockefeller developed moderate depression and digestive problems in his 50s, and he also suffered from alopecia, or the loss of some or all body hair, during a stressful period in the 1890s. Hair loss, commonly known as alopecia or baldness, is the loss of hair from one or more areas of the head or body. At least the head is usually involved. Hair loss can vary in intensity from a small area to the entire body. By 1901, he was wearing toupées, and by 1902, his mustache had vanished. His hair never grew back, but his other health issues improved when he reduced his workload.
On May 23, 1937, less than two months before his 98th birthday, Rockefeller died of arteriosclerosis at "The Casements," his home in Ormond Beach, Florida. The Casements is a mansion in Ormond Beach, Florida, United States, best known as the holiday home of American oil magnate John D. Rockefeller. The city of Ormond Beach currently owns it and uses it as a cultural center and park. It is located within the city boundaries on a barrier island overlooking the Halifax River, which is now part of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway.
He was laid to rest in Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery. Lake View Cemetery is a privately owned, nonprofit garden cemetery in the Ohio communities of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, and East Cleveland. The cemetery, which was founded in 1869, was popular with wealthy families during the Gilded Age, and it is now recognized for its numerous elaborate funerary monuments and mausoleums.
