Mead retired in 1920, and died on June 30, 1928, in a Paris hotel room from a heart attack, after an illness of several weeks, with his wife at his side.
ミードは1920年に引退し、1928年6月30日に、パリのホテルの一室で、数週間の闘病の末に、心筋梗塞で、妻に看取られて死去した。