James Baldwin, a well-known author who dedicated his whole literary career to examining his dual identities as an American and a Black man, passed away in his St. Paul de Vence, France, home on Monday night at the age of 63.
James Baldwin’s cause of death and where he was buried details
Baldwin died in his St. Paul de Vence home on November 30, 1987, following a brief battle with stomach cancer. A week later, he was buried at the Ferncliff Cemetery in New York and laid to rest at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka, and Maya Angelou spoke moving words about their brother and friend during a large service attended by family and friends.
Born in Deal Island, Maryland on August 2, 1924, James Arthur Baldwin (1924–1987) was the son of Emma Berdis Jones and was raised in Harlem, New York. He was raised by his mother and stepfather, New Orleans, Louisiana-born Baptist preacher David Baldwin, whom Baldwin called his father and who he remembered as being quite severe.
