the funeral was managed by "ferenc göndör", an immigrant friend. the actor was buried in cedar park cemetery, emerson city, new jersey under the name 'kobas'. his adopted daughter gabriella received a scrambled telegram from his mother with the news of the death, but the country only knew of it after the official statement from the mti on 9 october. by this time in hungary, kabos's movies were banned, most of his colleagues denied of work, and the country was in war for 3 months. newspapers only wrote the fact of death, as war news were the most important.