Sadly, he dies in 1790 at the age of 84. 20,000 people attend his funeral at the Philadelphia Christ Church Burial Ground.
Ben Franklin was one of the most influential Americans of all time. He was one of the "Founding Fathers", we have his picture on the one hundred dollar bill, and he helped to write the Declaration of Independence. He was involved with almost every major political action during the time that he was alive, and still would be if he were alive today.
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