Editing Peter Falk (section)

==Death==
On the evening of June 23, 2011, Falk died at his longtime home on Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills at the age of 83.<ref name="NYT_Obit">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/arts/television/peter-falk-columbo-actor-dies-at-83.html |title=Peter Falk, Rumpled and Crafty Actor In Television's "Columbo", Dies at 83 |author=Bruce Weber |date=June 24, 2011 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>Nick Allen. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8597849/Peter-Falk.html "Peter Falk"] ''The Daily Telegraph''.</ref> The causes of death were pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://perezhilton.com/2011-07-11-peter-falks-official-cause-of-death-has-been-revealed |title=Peter Falk's Official Cause Of Death Revealed |publisher=PerezHilton.com |date=November 7, 2011 |access-date=October 11, 2012 |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829222942/http://perezhilton.com/2011-07-11-peter-falks-official-cause-of-death-has-been-revealed |url-status=dead }}</ref> His daughters said they would remember his "wisdom and humor".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-peterfalk-idUSTRE75N53N20110624 |title="Columbo" actor Peter Falk dead at 83 |work=Reuters |date=June 24, 2011|access-date=June 26, 2011}}</ref> He is buried at [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8V0iDgAAQBAJ&dq=peter+falk+westwood+village&pg=PT73 |title = ''Portraits de Los Angeles'' |isbn = 9782367740386 |last1 = Taylor-Rosner |first1 = Noémie |date = February 15, 2017|publisher = Hikari Editions }}</ref>

His death was marked by tributes from many film celebrities including [[Jonah Hill]] and [[Stephen Fry]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tweets of the Week: Peter Falk Edition |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/24/tweets-of-the-week-something-edition/?mod=google_news_blog|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=June 27, 2011 |date=June 24, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Celebrities mourn Peter Falk on Twitter |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/06/24/peter-falk-twitter/ |access-date=June 27, 2011 |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> [[Steven Spielberg]] said, "I learned more about acting from him at that early stage of my career than I had from anyone else".<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Falk's friends and co-stars pay tribute to the late actor |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/24/peter-falk-celebtirty-tributes/ |access-date=June 27, 2011 |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> [[Rob Reiner]] said: "He was a completely unique actor", and went on to say that Falk's work with [[Alan Arkin]] in ''The In-Laws'' was "one of the most brilliant comedy pairings we've seen on screen".<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering TV's rumpled Columbo |url=http://thedailynewsegypt.com/radio-a-television/remembering-tvs-rumpled-columbo.html |access-date=June 27, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily News Egypt |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716230940/http://thedailynewsegypt.com/radio-a-television/remembering-tvs-rumpled-columbo.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> His epitaph reads: "I'm not here, I'm home with Shera."<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Falk (1927–2011) – Find a Grave Memorial |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71906173/peter-falk |access-date=February 4, 2022 |website=findagrave.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Peter Falk's Law===
According to Falk's daughter Catherine, his second wife Shera Danese (who also was his [[Conservatorship|conservator]]) allegedly stopped some of his family members from visiting him; did not notify them of major changes in his condition; and did not notify them of his death and funeral arrangements.<ref name="catherinefalkorganization_org">{{cite web |title=Catherine Falk Organization – Peter Falk's Law: Right of Association Legislation |url=https://catherinefalkorganization.org/ |access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref> Catherine encouraged the passage in 2015 of legislation called colloquially "Peter Falk's Law".<ref name="catherinefalkorganization_org" /> The new law was passed in New York state to protect children from being cut off from news of serious medical and end-of-life developments regarding their parents or from contact with them. The law provides guidelines regarding visitation rights and notice of death with which an incapacitated person's guardians or conservators must comply.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.esslawfirm.com/Articles/Peter-Falk-s-Law-Becomes-a-Reality-in-New-York.shtml |title=Peter Falk's Law Becomes a Reality in New York |publisher=esslawfirm.com}}</ref><ref name=LAT-05-28-09/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://catherinefalkorganization.org/the-catherine-falk-story |title=The Catherine Falk Story |publisher=Catherine Falk Organization |access-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/testimony/HB1585_HD1_TESTIMONY_JUD_02-25-16_.PDF |title=Letter of Catherine Falk (undated) annexed to Testimony to the House Committee on Judiciary (25 Feb. 2016) by Moira T. Chin, Office of the Public Guardian |last=Falk |first=Christine |date=February 23, 2016 |website= capitol.hawaii.gov| publisher= Hawai'i State Legislature |access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref>

As of 2020, more than fifteen states had enacted such laws.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.hackardlaw.com/blog/2018/08/peter-falk-columbos-estate-dispute.shtml |website=hackardlaw.com |title=Peter Falk Columbo's Estate Dispute |date=August 13, 2018}}</ref> In introducing the measure, New York State Senator [[John DeFrancisco]] said, "For every wrong there should be a remedy. This bill gives a remedy to children of elderly and infirm parents who have been cut off from receiving information about their parents. It also gives them an avenue through the courts to obtain visitation rights with the parents."<ref>{{cite web |title=Senate Passes Legislation to Protect Senior Citizens from Abuse and Exploitation |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-passes-legislation-protect-senior-citizens-abuse-and-exploitation |publisher=The New York State Senate |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200516141122/https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senate-passes-legislation-protect-senior-citizens-abuse-and-exploitation |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |date=June 15, 2015}}</ref>