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Later Life and Death
Brogan was made an honorary life member of the Irish Actors Equity Association in 1968 for his long service to the Irish theatre. He got a special presentation from the Abbey in 1972 for his portrayal as Harry Hope in Eugene O'Neill's 'The Iceman Cometh'. He never retired and continued to act in the Abbey Theatre until 1976, at that time he was the oldest actor there and his last role was one of the smugglers in the play The Shaughraun. He would end every show with the line "And I am leaving now and you won't see me again until the Spring!" . He continued acting until the last year of his life with last film saw him playing the character of the blind man in Calvin Flyod's Swedish produced movie "Terror of Frankenstein", released in March 1977.

After half a century of acting and appearing in 31 films Brogan died on the 2o May 1977 at age 72 ,at his home in St.Edna's Drive, Rathfarnham after a long illness. His funeral took place on the 23rd of May in the Church of the Annunciation, Rathfarnham, and was buried in Deans Grange Cemetery, Dun Laoghaire, Blackrock. The Chairman of the Abbey board of directors at the time Michael O'HAoda said at an oration at the funeral that the actor whose passing they mourned was not just Harry Brogan but "the sum of all the parts which he has played both on and off the stage for half a century" Eileen Crowe, an Abbey Theatre actress who acted opposite Brogan since they both joined the company said "I've always loved playing with Harry Brogan. He liked everybody and nobody could possibly dislike him". He was survived by his wife Nell and by their children John, Seamus, Fergus, Anne, and Patricia.