Unlike his superior, Reinhard Scheer, Hipper never wrote a memoir of the war or his participation in the Imperial Navy.[74] He briefly dabbled in conservative political movements in the 1920s but never committed to any.[75] Franz von Hipper died on 25 May 1932; he was cremated and was buried in his hometown of Weilheim, according to his wishes.[3] On hearing of Hipper's death, his old adversary David Beatty said, "I am very sorry.