The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “13 historical figures who were considered failures until the very last chapter of their life.”
- How Colonel Sanders Made Kentucky Fried Chicken an American Success Story
- Experience: I became a famous artist at the age of 94
- Passings: Lilian Jackson Braun, Harry Bernstein, Adolfas Mekas
- Mary Wesley
- Estelle Getty, 84; ‘Golden Girl’ Actress Won an Emmy Award
- Casey Stengel
- “Mississippi” John Hurt
- Frank Baum, the Man Behind the Curtain
- From the Archives: George Burns, Comedy’s Elder Statesman, Dies
- Betty LaVette gets to the soul of British rock
- Sharon Jones, powerful soul singer with throwback style, dies at 60
