F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author behind “The Great Gatsby,” is buried in Rockville, Maryland, where his father’s family is from. Despite growing up in the Midwest, Fitzgerald was proud of his Maryland roots and requested to be buried there. He died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of 44, and was initially buried at Rockville Cemetery due to not being considered a good Catholic. It took 35 years for him to be moved to St. Mary’s Cemetery at the request of his daughter.
While “The Great Gatsby” is now his most famous work, it was not the novel he was most identified with at the time of his death. The novel gained popularity during World War II when copies were circulated among American servicemen. Today, people from around the world visit Fitzgerald’s grave in Rockville, along with that of his wife Zelda, leaving flowers, booze, corks, and pens as tributes.
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