Editing Peter O'Toole (section)

=== Death and legacy ===
[[File:Peter O'Toole Memorial Plaque London.jpg|thumb|right|O'Toole's memorial plaque in [[St Paul's, Covent Garden|St Paul's Church]] in [[Covent Garden]], London]]
O'Toole retired from acting in July 2012 owing to a recurrence of stomach cancer.<ref name="IrishInd">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/president-leads-tributes-to-peter-otoole-a-legend-fiercely-proud-of-his-irish-heritage-29840800.html|title=President leads tributes to Peter O'Toole, a legend fiercely proud of his Irish heritage|work=Irish Independent|access-date=24 September 2019|date=16 December 2013}}</ref> He died on 14 December 2013 at the [[Wellington Hospital, London|Wellington Hospital]] in [[St John's Wood]], London, at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news|last=Booth|first=Robert|date=15 December 2013|title=Peter O'Toole, star of Lawrence of Arabia, dies aged 81|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/15/peter-o-toole-dies-lawrence-arabia|access-date=10 February 2023|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> His funeral was held at [[Golders Green Crematorium]] in London on 21 December 2013, where his body was cremated in a wicker coffin.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 December 2013|title=Peter O'Toole's ex-wife makes an appearance at his funeral|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/449985/Peter-O-Toole-s-ex-wife-makes-an-appearance-at-his-funeral|access-date=10 February 2023|website=Express.co.uk}}</ref> His family stated their intention to fulfil his wishes and take his ashes to the west of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.u.tv/Entertainment/OTooles-ashes-heading-home-to-Ireland/45f962d2-7ea1-487c-ab57-060916e4a631|work=[[UTV (TV channel)|Ulster Television]]|title=O'Toole's ashes heading home to Ireland|access-date=4 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101062227/http://www.u.tv/entertainment/OTooles-ashes-heading-home-to-Ireland/45f962d2-7ea1-487c-ab57-060916e4a631|archive-date=1 January 2014}}</ref>

On 18 May 2014, a new prize was launched in memory of Peter O'Toole at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School; this includes an annual award given to two young actors from the School, including a professional contract at Bristol Old Vic Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bristololdvic.org.uk/peterotooleprize.html|title=The Peter O'Toole Prize|website=bristololdvic.org.uk|access-date=27 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428142548/http://www.bristololdvic.org.uk/peterotooleprize.html|archive-date=28 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has a memorial plaque in [[St Paul's, Covent Garden|St Paul's]], the Actors' Church in [[Covent Garden]], London.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

On 21 April 2017, the [[Harry Ransom Center]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] announced that [[Kate O'Toole (actress)|Kate O'Toole]] had placed her father's archive at the Humanities Research Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/press/releases/2017/otoole.html|title=Archive Acquired of Theatre and Film Actor Peter O'Toole|website=utexas.edu|access-date=27 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428142535/http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/press/releases/2017/otoole.html|archive-date=28 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The collection includes O'Toole's scripts, extensive published and unpublished writings, props, photographs, letters, medical records, and more. It joins the archives of several of O'Toole's collaborators and friends, including [[Donald Wolfit]], [[Eli Wallach]], [[Peter Glenville]], Sir [[Tom Stoppard]], and Dame [[Edith Evans]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/21/peter-otoole-personal-archive-heads-to-university-of-texas|title=Peter O'Toole personal archive heads to University of Texas|last=Brown|first=Mark|date=21 April 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=27 April 2017|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/peter-otoole-archive-university-of-texas-1202392237/|title=Peter O'Toole Archive Acquired by University of Texas|last=Nyren|first=Erin|work=Variety|access-date=27 April 2017}}</ref>