<P> By the standards of 19th century tycoons, Carnegie was not a particularly ruthless man but a humanitarian with enough acquisitiveness to go in the ruthless pursuit of money . "Maybe with the giving away of his money," commented biographer Joseph Wall, "he would justify what he had done to get that money ." </P> <P> To some, Carnegie represents the idea of the American dream . He was an immigrant from Scotland who came to America and became successful . He is not only known for his successes but his enormous amounts of philanthropist works, not only to charities but also to promote democracy and independence to colonized countries . </P> <P> Carnegie died on August 11, 1919, in Lenox, Massachusetts at his Shadow Brook estate, of bronchial pneumonia . He had already given away $350,695,653 (approximately $76.9 billion, adjusted to 2015 share of GDP figures) of his wealth . After his death, his last $30,000,000 was given to foundations, charities, and to pensioners . He was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York . The grave site is located on the Arcadia Hebron plot of land at the corner of Summit Avenue and Dingle Road . Carnegie is buried only a few yards away from union organizer Samuel Gompers, another important figure of industry in the Gilded Age . </P> <P> Carnegie was one of more than 50 members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, which has been blamed for the Johnstown Flood that killed 2,209 people in 1889 . </P>

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