On what date did Georgia O'Keeffe die in Santa Fe?

Georgia O'Keeffe died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on March 6, 1986.

She was 98 years old. O'Keeffe had lived for decades in New Mexico, where the region's deserts, mountains, bones, flowers, and buildings became central subjects in her art. She died at St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe and was later cremated.

O'Keeffe's death came after a long career that included abstract drawings, enlarged flower paintings, New York skyscrapers, and Southwestern landscapes. Her final years included declining eyesight, which limited her ability to paint, although she continued working with assistants on some projects.

The date is sometimes confused with the year of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum's opening, 1997. The museum opened more than a decade after her death to preserve and present her work.