On the evening of 8 December 1941 he died from a heart attack. He was laid to rest in the Cemetery São João de Batista in Botafogo. Kürschner can be seen in the Brazilian movie "Alma e Corpo de uma Raça" ("Body and Soul of a Race") from 1938 by director Milton Rodrigues (1905–1972). In a scene describing real life in the young country he appears in the context of the famous Fla-Flu Derby of Flamengo versus Fluminense FC.