Caesar Rodney died in Delaware on 26 June 1784, aged 55, after years of serious illness. Asthma had troubled him for much of his life, and a destructive cancer affecting his face became an increasingly disabling condition in adulthood. Accounts describe painful and expensive treatments that failed to cure the disease. He used a scarf to conceal the disfigurement, a visible sign of the suffering that accompanied his public work. His final decline had already limited his ability to serve: although elected to Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1782 and 1783, he was unable to attend because of poor health. His death therefore followed a prolonged course rather than a sudden event during the famous ride for which he is remembered. The broad description of facial cancer is well established in the biography, while the surviving evidence does not provide modern pathology or a precise account of every treatment and complication. It would be unwarranted to identify a particular tumour type or immediate terminal mechanism beyond that record. He was buried on his Delaware property. Later statues, schools and public commemorations belong to the history of his reputation and do not explain his last days. The supported narrative is of a statesman gradually forced away from active service by chronic respiratory trouble and an ultimately fatal cancer, with his final years shaped by pain and unsuccessful attempts at treatment.