Sue, Thurman’s wife, reported that in his final days in bed, as he moved in and out of consciousness, he continued to question the meaning of universal matters. Always an inquisitive soul, Thurman knew there was more to excavate, to discover, to contribute. He told Sue that “he encountered the ‘particular’ man and the ‘universal man’ within himself and wrestled them to earth, until he won the consent of both—to Life, to Death, and back to Life.” Howard Thurman passed away on April 10, 1981, at the age of eighty-one.
