Þæs 1956. gēares wīfode hē þā Geānedrīciscan wrīticgan Joy Davidman, þe wæs 17 gēara giengre þonne hē, and þē cwæl 4 gēara æfter for cancerādle. Cliff cwæl þrim gēarum æfter his wīf cwæl for cropbyrste. Hē cwæl ānre wuce befōran his 65. gebyrddæge. Sēo tīdungendebyrdness ne cȳðde fela ymbe his dēað for þȳ þe hit gelomp þæs ilcan dæges þæs þe se Fōresittend þāra Geāndena Rīca Iohannes Kennedy wæs myrðrod, and þæs þe ōðer brēme wrītere Aldous Huxley cwæl. Cliffes gewritu wǣron awend tō mā þonne 30 sprǣca and þūsendþūsendlīce sind hīe cīpt. Þā bēc Þāra Tīdwrītunga Narnia sind brēmosta and wǣron tō feorsīene, wæferstōwplegan, and ūtweorpende gesetta.