Editing Jack Lemmon (section)

=== Final years and death ===
[[File:Jack Lemmon grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Brentwood, California.JPG|thumb|right|Lemmon's headstone (inscription reads "JACK LEMMON in")]]
Lemmon was hospitalized in December 2000 due to [[diverticulitis]] in his colon. He had accepted the Hollywood Women's Press Club Buddy Rogers Legend Award, presented by actor [[Angela Lansbury]], accepting via phone.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=112215&page=1 |title=Jack Lemmon Hospitalized |work=ABC News |orig-date=December 12, 2000 |date=January 6, 2006 |access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref> In May 2001, he underwent [[gallbladder]] surgery after being hospitalized with [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=104496&page=1 |title=Lemmon Recovering From Surgery |work=ABC News |date=May 30, 2001|access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref>

Lemmon died of [[bladder cancer]] on June 27, 2001, approximately 9&nbsp;p.m. at [[USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center]] at age 76.<ref name="Harmetz" /> He had privately suffered from the disease for two years before his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-lemmon-dead-at-76/ |title=Jack Lemmon Dead At 76 |work=CBS News |date=June 28, 2001 |access-date=February 17, 2025}}</ref> His body is interred at [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary|Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]], California. Lemmon's gravestone reads like a title screen from a film: "JACK LEMMON in".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/imagepages/jacklemmongravephoto.shtml |title=The Grave of Jack Lemmon |website=Seeing Stars in Hollywood |access-date=September 21, 2015}}</ref> Guests who attended the private ceremony included [[Billy Wilder]], [[Shirley MacLaine]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Gregory Peck]], [[Sidney Poitier]], [[Kirk Douglas]], [[Michael Douglas]], [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], [[Frank Sinatra]]'s widow Barbara and [[Walter Matthau]]'s son Charlie.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1417891.stm|title= Jack Lemmon laid to rest|website= [[BBC]]|date= July 2, 2001|access-date= May 18, 2020}}</ref>

Film critic [[Stanley Kauffmann]] described Lemmon as "easily one of the most expert American actors of his generation".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/29/movies/jack-lemmon-dark-and-comic-actor-dies-at-76.html|title= Jack Lemmon, Dark and Comic Actor, Dies at 76|work= The New York Times|date= June 29, 2001|access-date= June 25, 2024|last1= Harmetz|first1= Aljean}}</ref> Kevin Spacey said, "Jack Lemmon was unique in the world of show business. He always treated people with respect and never let Hollywood glory affect his basic decency."<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://ew.com/article/2002/12/23/kevin-spacey-pays-tribute-jack-lemmon/|title= Kevin Spacey pays tribute to Jack Lemmon |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date= June 24, 2024}}</ref> Billy Wilder stated, "I loved him dearly and he was the best actor I ever worked with."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=103838&page=1|title= Hollywood Remembers Jack Lemmon |website= [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date= June 25, 2024}}</ref>