Editing Judy Garland (section)

==Death==
Garland was found dead by her husband Mickey Deans in the bathroom of her rented house in [[Cadogan Lane]], [[Belgravia, London|Belgravia]], London, on June 22, 1969, at age 47. At the [[inquest]], Coroner Gavin Thurston stated that the cause of death was "an incautious [[drug overdose|self-overdosage]]" of [[barbiturate]]s; her blood contained the equivalent of ten {{convert|1.5|gr|mg|adj=on|lk=in}} [[secobarbital|Seconal]] capsules.{{sfn|Clarke|2001|p=422}} Thurston stressed that the overdose had been unintentional and no evidence suggested that she had intended to kill herself. Garland's [[autopsy]] showed no inflammation of her stomach lining and no drug residue in her stomach, which indicated that the drug had been ingested over a long period of time, rather than in a single dose. Her death certificate stated that her death was "accidental".<ref>{{cite web|title=Judy Garland The Live Performances. The End of the Rainbow |url=http://users.deltacomm.com/rainbowz/eotr.html|access-date=February 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126123423/http://users.deltacomm.com/rainbowz/eotr.html|archive-date=January 26, 2008}} citing the [[United Press International]] article "Judy Took Too Many Pills" and containing a copy of Garland's death certificate.</ref> Supporting the accidental cause, Garland's physician noted that a prescription of 25 barbiturate pills was found by her bedside half-empty and another bottle of 100 barbiturate pills was still unopened.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Schulberg|first=Bud|title=A Farewell to Judy|magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]]|date=July 11, 1969|page=27}}</ref>

A British specialist who had attended Garland's autopsy stated that she had nevertheless been living on borrowed time owing to [[cirrhosis]], although a second autopsy conducted later reported no evidence of alcoholism or cirrhosis.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 24, 1969 |title=Judy Garland Believed Killed by Overdose |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-judy-garland-believed-ki/157892328/ |access-date=October 26, 2024 |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |pages=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=Times Wire Services}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eRpn-KHdJosC&q=judy%20garland%20cirrhosis%20autopsy&pg=PA37 |title=Judy: A Legendary Film Career |last=Fricke |first=John |publisher=[[Running Press]] |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7624-4368-0 |page=37}}</ref> Her ''Wizard of Oz'' co-star [[Ray Bolger]] commented at her funeral, "She just plain wore out."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Singers: End of the Rainbow|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=July 4, 1969|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840196-1,00.html|access-date=January 21, 2016|archive-date=March 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310205305/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840196-1,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After Garland's body had been embalmed and clothed in the same gray, silk gown she wore at her wedding to Deans, Deans traveled with her remains to New York City on June 26, 1969, where an estimated 20,000 people lined up to pay their respects at the [[Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel]] in [[Manhattan]], which remained open all night long to accommodate the overflowing crowd. On June 27, 1969, [[James Mason]] gave a eulogy at the funeral, an Episcopal service led by the Rev. [[Peter Delaney (priest)|Peter Delaney]] of [[St Marylebone Parish Church]], London, who had officiated at her marriage to Deans, three months earlier.<ref>{{cite news|title=End of the Rainbow|magazine=Time|date=July 4, 1969|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840196-1,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031516/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840196-1,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2007|access-date=December 18, 2007}} {{cite news|last=Van Gelder|first=Lawrence|title=Judy Garland's Funeral Draws Her Colleagues|work=The New York Times: Books|date=June 28, 1969|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/09/specials/garland-funeral.html|access-date =August 12, 2010}}</ref> "Judy's great gift", Mason said in his eulogy, "was that she could wring tears out of hearts of rock{{nbsp}}... She gave so richly and so generously, that there was no currency in which to repay her."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/09/specials/garland-funeral.html|title=Judy Garland's Funeral Draws Her Colleagues|date=June 28, 1969|first=Lawrence|last=Van Gelder|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The public and press were barred. She was interred in a crypt in the community mausoleum at [[Ferncliff Cemetery]] in [[Hartsdale, New York]], a town {{convert|24|mi|km}} north of [[midtown Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrities & Notables Interred at Ferncliff|url=http://www.ferncliffcemetery.com/about/celebrities.php|website=Ferncliff Cemetery|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722055150/http://www.ferncliffcemetery.com/about/celebrities.php|archive-date=July 22, 2011}}</ref>

Upon Garland's death, despite having earned millions during her career, her estate came to {{US$|40000}} ({{Inflation|US-GDP|40000|1969|r=-4|fmt=eq}}). Years of criminal mismanagement of her financial affairs by her representatives and staff, along with her generosity toward her family and various causes, resulted in her poor financial situation at the end of her life. In her last will, signed and sealed in early 1961, Garland made many generous bequests that could not be fulfilled because her estate had been in debt for many years. Her daughter, [[Liza Minnelli]], worked to pay off her mother's debts with the help of family friend [[Frank Sinatra]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/wherethereswillw0000silv|title=Where there's a will-- : who inherited what and why|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|author-link=Stephen M. Silverman|date=1991|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|location=New York City|isbn=9780060162603|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> In 1978, a selection of Garland's personal items was auctioned off by her ex-husband Sidney Luft with the support of their daughter [[Lorna Luft|Lorna]] and their son Joey. Almost 500 items, ranging from copper cookware to musical arrangements, were offered for sale. The auction raised {{US$|250000}} ({{Inflation|US-GDP|250000|1978|r=-4|fmt=eq}}) for her heirs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/29/archives/judy-garland-auction-fetches-250000-most-wanted-a-memento-affluence.html|title=Judy Garland Auction Fetches $250,000|first=Aljean|last=Harmetz|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 29, 1978}}</ref>

At the request of her children, Garland's remains were disinterred from Ferncliff Cemetery in January 2017 and re-interred {{convert|2800|mi|km}} across the country at the [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://people.com/movies/judy-garlands-remains-hollywood-forever-cemetery/|title=Judy Garland's Remains Moved From New York Burial Place to L.A.'s Hollywood Forever Cemetery|last1=Gomez|first1=Patrick|last2=Mizoguchi|first2=Karen|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=January 26, 2017|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930064602/http://people.com/movies/judy-garlands-remains-hollywood-forever-cemetery/ |archive-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref>