The closing years of Freundlich's life were marred by incidents arising out of the reluctance of his successor, D W N Stibbs, to grant him open access to the St Andrews observatory in order to witness the final stages of the work on the thirty-seven-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
Ang pagsasara ng taon Freundlich buhay ay marred sa pamamagitan ng insidente na nagmula sa ang-aatubili ng kanyang mga kahalili, DWN Stibbs, upang bigyan siya bukas ng access sa St Andrews obserbatoryo upang masaksihan ang huling yugto ng trabaho sa tatlumpung-pitong-inch Schmidt -Cassegrain teleskopyo.