Editing Tex Avery (section)

==Personal life and death==
Two days after being fired from Universal in spring 1935, Avery married his girlfriend, Patricia Johnson. She was also employed at Universal Studios as an inker.<ref name="Barrier"/> The newlyweds spent a long honeymoon in [[Oregon]], but had to return to Los Angeles when they ran out of money.<ref name="Barrier"/>

On Tuesday, August 26, 1980, Avery died of lung cancer at [[Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center|St. Joseph's Hospital]] in [[Burbank, California]], at the age of 72. At the time of his death, he was developing a character named "Cave Mouse" for a new [[The Flintstone Comedy Show|''Flintstones'' series]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45293855/obituary-for-fred-tex-avery-aged-72/|title = Obituary for Fred Tex Avery (Aged 72)|newspaper = The Daily Register|date = August 29, 1980|page = 4}}</ref><ref name=Parks/> According to Chuck Jones, when watching a baseball game with another animator, Avery's last words were, "I don't know where animators go when they die, but I guess there must be a lot of them. They could probably use a good director, though."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.animationartconservation.com/chuck-jones,-in-his-own-words.html |title=CHUCK JONES, in his own words: the director and the art conservator's cut |access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref> He is buried in [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Service, Grave or Obituary |url=https://sgo.forestlawn.com/?search=1&sradio=grave&fname=fred&slast=avery#sgo_results |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Forest Lawn |language=en-US}}</ref>