 Wright died November 14, 1949, at the purported age of 84 years, although when he dictated "Men of Medeek" (1935–36) he gave his age as 65.Other sources put his age at death as 104.A newspaper report on his funeral services identified "the new chief of the Kitselas people," Wright's picked successor, as Wright's sister's son, Walter Nyce, of Kitamaat, B.C.