Possible Clues:

• End of --
• End of "the end of"
• Birth of __
• 'It's the end of —'
• The end of __
• See 40-Across
• "Corporations have been enthroned and ___ of corruption in high places will follow": Lincoln
• "... the end of —"
• "It's the end of ---"
• ''It's the end of ---''