page_title: Rod Serling
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Rod Serling / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial sign for Rod Serling, located on the grounds of Binghamton High School, Main Street between Front Street and Oak Street, Binghamton, New York, United States. This sign sometimes faces the street and at other times gets turned perpendicular to the street.
context_page_description: Rodman Edward Serling was an American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, and narrator known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series, The Twilight Zone. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen, and helped form television industry standards. He was known as the "angry young man" of Hollywood, clashing with television executives and sponsors over a wide range of issues including censorship, racism, and war.
context_section_description: Serling was said to smoke three to four packs of cigarettes a day. On May 3, 1975, he had a minor heart attack and was hospitalized. He spent two weeks at Tompkins County Community Hospital before being released. A second heart attack two weeks later forced doctors to agree that open-heart surgery, though considered risky at the time, was required. The ten-hour-long procedure was performed on June 26, but Serling had a third heart attack on the operating table and died two days later at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. He was 50 years old. His funeral and burial took place on July 2 at Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken, (Seneca County), New York.
  A memorial was held at Cornell University's Sage Chapel on  July 7, 1975. Speakers at the Memorial included his daughter Anne and the Reverend John F. Hayward. On January 13, 2020, Carolyn Louise “Carol” Kramer Serling died at age 90 and was buried next to her husband.
caption: A memorial in honor of Serling in his home town of Binghamton, New York
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