Editing Willie Rushton (section)

==Death and memorials==
Rushton died of a heart attack at [[Cromwell Hospital]], [[Kensington]] on 11 December 1996, aged 59.<ref name="obituary"/> Ten years earlier, he had made a jocular prediction that he would die that year. In the first episode of Series 13 of ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'', which aired on 26 July 1986, Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton asked the panellists to "gaze into their crystal balls" and make predictions for 1996. Rushton said, "I'm sorry you introduced this round, because I just spotted a memorial service for myself in Westminster Abbey in January".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bennewsam.co.uk/documents/ISIHAC/ISIHAC%20-%201986-07-26%20-%20s13e01%20-%20Communications%20Ball.mp3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 December 2018 |archive-date=9 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124734/http://www.bennewsam.co.uk/documents/ISIHAC/ISIHAC%20-%201986-07-26%20-%20s13e01%20-%20Communications%20Ball.mp3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Among his last words was the advice, "Tell Bazza he's too old to do pantomime", meant for his long-time friend [[Barry Cryer]].<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = Uncle Baz just can't help it: Barry Cryer amiably refers to his own banter as a 'stream of unconsciousness' and admits that even his friends tell him to shut up
 |work         = The Herald & Sunday Herald
 |location     = Edinburgh, UK
 |date         = 17 November 2003
 |url          = http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12527110.Uncle_Baz_just_can_apos_t_help_it_Barry_Cryer__amiably_refers_to_his_own_banter_as_a__apos_stream_of__unconsciousness_apos__and_admits_that_even_his_friends_tell_him_to_shut_up/
 |archive-url  = https://archive.today/20171129194456/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12527110.Uncle_Baz_just_can_apos_t_help_it_Barry_Cryer__amiably_refers_to_his_own_banter_as_a__apos_stream_of__unconsciousness_apos__and_admits_that_even_his_friends_tell_him_to_shut_up/
 |archive-date = 29 November 2017
 |access-date   = 29 November 2017
 |url-status      = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>
[[Image:Willie Rushton's blue plaque in Mornington Crescent station.jpg|thumb|Willie Rushton's [[blue plaque]]]]
Rushton is honoured by a Comic Heritage [[blue plaque]] at [[Mornington Crescent tube station]], a reference to the game [[Mornington Crescent (game)|Mornington Crescent]] on ''I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue''.

[[BBC Radio 4 Extra|BBC Radio 7]] showcased his contribution to ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'', in the week of the 10th anniversary of his death, by rebroadcasting five episodes of the show, one on each weekday night (11–15 December 2006). The broadcasts chosen included the last shows he recorded for the programme.

According to the autobiography of [[Nicholas Parsons]], Rushton's ashes were buried by the boundary at [[The Oval]] cricket ground.<ref>Parsons, Nicholas, ''With Just a Touch of Hesitation, Repetition and Deviation: My Life in Comedy'', Random House, 2010</ref>{{page needed|date=November 2024}}