Obituaries, Death Notices and Memories of Emperor Norton, January 1880: A Partial Listing

September 15, 2020 / John Lumea

Detail from headline of article reporting on the 10 January 1880 funeral of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 January 1880, p. 8. Source: San Francisco Public Library. — **Detail from headline of article reporting on the 10 January 1880 funeral of Emperor Norton**, *San Francisco Chronicle*, 11 January 1880, p. 8. Source: San Francisco Public Library.

When Emperor Norton died on 8 January 1880, there were 38 stars on the United States flag.

Remarkably, by the end of January, newspapers located in at least 33 of the current and future states of the Union had carried news of the Emperor’s death and funeral, as well as related stories and memories of the Emp.

Here is a listing of those papers that The Emperor Norton Trust has been able to determine took note of Emperor Norton’s passing during the month of January 1880.

We’ll add to the list as we learn of others.

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Setting the Record Straight on the Famous Emperor Norton Obit(s)

December 15, 2017 / John Lumea

Emperor Norton died on Thursday 8 January 1880.

Time and time again, one reads that the San Francisco Chronicle was up the next morning with a dramatic front-page headline, "Le Roi Est Mort" ("The King Is Dead"), over a brief obituary whose signature passage began "On the reeking pavement, in the darkness of a moonless night under the dripping rain...."

It's a good story — but, it's not quite true.

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Obituaries, Death Notices and Memories of Emperor Norton, January 1880: A Partial Listing

Setting the Record Straight on the Famous Emperor Norton Obit(s)