Editing Peter Cook (section)

==Death==
Cook died in a coma on 9 January 1995 at the age 57 at the [[Royal Free Hospital]] in Hampstead, London, from a [[gastrointestinal bleeding|gastrointestinal haemorrhage]],<ref name=":0"/><ref name=slacker/> a complication resulting from years of heavy drinking.<ref name=slacker>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/death-of-a-slacker-1593874.html Death of a Slacker] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008141256/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/death-of-a-slacker-1593874.html |date=8 October 2017 }} by Andy Beckett, ''The Independent'', 30 July 1995.</ref> His body was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]], and his ashes were buried in an unmarked plot behind [[St John-at-Hampstead]], not far from his home in Perrins Walk.

Peter's wife Lin Cook died in 2016 and her ashes were buried with Peter's. A small memorial in the shape of an open book now marks the spot.

[[Dudley Moore]] attended Cook's memorial service at St John-at-Hampstead on 1 May 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/goodbyee-dud-bids-poignant-farewell-to-his-partner-pete-1617816.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/goodbyee-dud-bids-poignant-farewell-to-his-partner-pete-1617816.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Goodbyee ... Dud bids poignant farewell to his partner Pete|website=[[The Independent]]|date=2 May 1995|access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> He and [[Martin Lewis (humorist)|Martin Lewis]] presented a two-night memorial for Cook at [[The Improv]] in Los Angeles, on 15 and 16 November 1995, to mark what would have been Cook's 58th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyllama.com/news/1995/llama014.html|title=Daily Llama – NEWS 1995_12_21 – Celebration Recently Held to Honor Deceased Peter Cook|website=www.dailyllama.com|access-date=12 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194012/http://dailyllama.com/news/1995/llama014.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>