Editing Gregory Peck (section)

==Death and legacy==
[[File:PeckTomb.jpg|thumb|Peck's tomb at [[Los Angeles Cathedral]]]]
On June 12, 2003, Peck died in his sleep from [[bronchopneumonia]] at the age of 87 at his home in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|first=William|last=Grimes|title=Gregory Peck Is Dead at 87; Film Roles Had Moral Fiber|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/13/movies/gregory-peck-is-dead-at-87-film-roles-had-moral-fiber.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 13, 2003}}</ref> His wife Veronique was by his side.<ref name="Ronald Bergan"/>

Gregory Peck is entombed in the [[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels]] [[mausoleum]] in Los Angeles. His eulogy was read by [[Brock Peters]], whose character, Tom Robinson, was defended by Peck's Atticus Finch in ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]''.<ref name=last>{{cite news|last2=Hoffman|first2=Alice|last1=Rubin|first1=Joel|title=Peck Memorial Honors Beloved Actor and Man|date=June 17, 2003|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jun-17-me-peck17-story.html|access-date=June 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McLaughlin|first=Katie|title='Mockingbird' film at 50: Lessons on tolerance, justice, fatherhood hold true|date=February 3, 2012|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/03/showbiz/to-kill-a-mockingbird-50/|access-date=June 15, 2015}}</ref> Celebrities who attended Peck's funeral included [[Lauren Bacall]], [[Sidney Poitier]], [[Harry Belafonte]], [[Shari Belafonte]], [[Harrison Ford]], [[Calista Flockhart]], [[Mike Farrell]], [[Shelley Fabares]], [[Jimmy Smits]], [[Louis Jourdan]], [[Dyan Cannon]], [[Stephanie Zimbalist]], [[Michael York]], [[Angie Dickinson]], [[Larry Gelbart]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Anjelica Huston]], [[Lionel Richie]], [[Louise Fletcher]], [[Tony Danza]], and [[Piper Laurie]].<ref name=last/><ref>{{cite web|last=Collins|first=Dan|title=Peck Eulogized As Extraordinary|date=June 17, 2003|work=[[CBS News]]|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peck-eulogized-as-extraordinary/|access-date=June 15, 2015}}</ref>

The [[Gregory Peck Award|Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence]] was created by the Peck family in 2008 to commemorate their father by honoring the life's work of a director, producer or actor. Originally presented at the Dingle International Film Festival in his ancestral home in [[Dingle|Dingle, Ireland]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dinglefilmfestival.com/gregory_peck/|title=The Gregory Peck Award: For Excellence in the Art of Film. {{!}} Dingle International Film Festival|language=en|access-date=August 19, 2019|archive-date=February 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225202444/https://www.dinglefilmfestival.com/gregory_peck/|url-status=dead}}</ref> since 2014 the award has been presented at the [[San Diego International Film Festival]] in the city where Peck was born and raised. Recipients include [[Gabriel Byrne]], [[Laura Dern]], [[Alan Arkin]], [[Annette Bening]], [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[Laurence Fishburne]].