Editing Robert Shaw (actor) (section)

== Death ==
Shaw died in Ireland at the age of 51 from a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on 28 August 1978, while driving from [[Castlebar]], County Mayo, to his home in [[Toormakeady|Tourmakeady]].<ref>{{cite web |work=tourmakeady.weebly.com |url=http://tourmakeady.weebly.com/robert-shaw.html |title=Robert Shaw}}</ref> He was accompanied by his wife and his son.<ref>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Gary |date=29 August 1978 |title=Actor Robert Shaw, Known for Menacing Roles, Dies in Ireland |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/08/29/actor-robert-shaw-known-for-menacing-roles-dies-in-ireland/10011e2d-0410-4cb0-a10b-90457d2f89a5/ |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref> He suddenly became ill, stopped the car, stepped out, then collapsed and lost consciousness on the roadside. He was taken to [[Mayo University Hospital|Castlebar General Hospital]], where he was pronounced dead.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ioNJAAAAIBAJ&pg=2322,6107923&dq=robert-shaw+1978&hl=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718195604/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ioNJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yQsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2322,6107923&dq=robert-shaw+1978&hl=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2012 |title=Robert Shaw, British Actor, Dies in Ireland |date=29 August 1978 |work=[[The Post and Courier]] |access-date=6 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="odnb">{{cite odnb |first=David |last=Parkinson |title=Shaw, Robert Archibald (1927–1978) |id=57319}}</ref> He had just completed acting in the film ''[[Avalanche Express]]''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ni2SCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA159 |title=Lee Marvin: His Films and Career |first=Robert&nbsp;J. |last=Lentz |publisher=[[McFarland Publishing]] |date=16 January 2016 |page=159 |isbn=9780786426065}}</ref> His body was cremated and his ashes scattered near his home in Tourmakeady. A stone memorial to him was unveiled there in his honour in August 2008, three decades after his death.<ref name="irishtimes" />

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File:ShawMonument01.jpg|Robert Shaw memorial in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland, near the location where he died
File:ShawMonument02.jpg|Closeup of the text
File:Pier at Shaw Monument.jpg|View of the pier at the site
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