Editing Gwen Verdon (section)

==Death and legacy==
Verdon died from a heart attack on October 18, 2000, aged 75, at her daughter's home in [[Woodstock, Vermont]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Kuchwara|title=Gwen Verdon, Broadway's Lola, Sweet Charity and Roxie Hart, dies at 75|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=October 19, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Robert|last1=Simonson|first2=Kenneth|last2=Jones|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-musical-legend-gwen-verdon-is-dead-at-75-com-92549#|title=Broadway Musical Legend Gwen Verdon Is Dead at 75|magazine=[[Playbill (magazine)|Playbill]]|publisher=Playbill Inc.|location=New York City|date=October 18, 2000}}</ref><ref name=lights>{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Berkvist|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/19/theater/gwen-verdon-redhead-who-high-kicked-her-way-to-stardom-dies-at-75.html|title=Gwen Verdon, Redhead Who High-Kicked Her Way to Stardom, Dies at 75|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York City|date=October 19, 2000}}</ref> Later that night, at 8 pm, all marquee lights on Broadway were dimmed in a tribute to Verdon.<ref name=lights/>