on november 2, 2014, price succumbed to a catastrophic cerebral hemorrhage while speaking in new brunswick at a rutgers jewish film festival screening of "joachim prinz: i shall not be silent", a film project in which he had participated. rabbi bennett miller shared the podium and recounted price's final words in response to a question about the future of civil rights in the u.s.: "i still have hope." price died on november 5, never having regained consciousness.