Editing Joyce Grenfell (section)

===Last years and legacy===
Soon after the Windsor Castle show Grenfell was taken ill with an eye condition, which was subsequently diagnosed as cancer. As a convinced [[Christian Scientist]] (like her aunt Nancy), she was averse to doctors and hospitals. Her husband did not share her beliefs and prevailed on her to undergo treatment.<ref name=indyobitRG/> The eye had to be removed and replaced with an artificial one. After this Grenfell did not return to the stage, but gave talks for charitable organisations and appeared frequently on the BBC television programme ''[[Face the Music (British game show)|Face the Music]]''.<ref name=to/>

In October 1979 she became seriously ill and died a month later, on 30 November 1979, just before her golden wedding anniversary. She was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]] on 4 December and her ashes scattered there. On 7 February 1980 a memorial service was held at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref name=odnb/><ref>Hampton (2002), pp. 333–334</ref>

Grenfell was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1946 for her war work.<ref>Hampton (2002), p. 171</ref> It was confirmed after her death that she was to have been made a Dame Commander (DBE) in the 1980 New Year Honours List.<ref>Hampton (2002), p. 335</ref> In 1998, the [[Royal Mail]] memorialised Grenfell with her image on a [[List of people on stamps of the United Kingdom|postage stamp]] as part of a series of stamps celebrating five comedians, drawn by [[Gerald Scarfe]].{{refn|The other four were [[Eric Morecambe]], [[Tommy Cooper]], [[Les Dawson]] and [[Peter Cook]].<ref>"New issue for comics with the stamp of greatness", ''The Times'', 2 March 1998, p. 5</ref>|group=n}}

Grenfell's widower, Reggie Grenfell, died at their home at 34 Elm Park Gardens, [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Chelsea]], London, on 31 March 1993, aged 89.<ref>Hampton (2002), p. 336</ref> A [[blue plaque]] is on the wall stating that Joyce Grenfell lived in Flat 8 from 1957-1979.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joyce Grenfell (1910-1979) entertainer and writer lived here in flat no.8 1957-1979|website=Open Plaques|url=https://openplaques.org/plaques/1100|access-date=28 November 2024}}</ref>

In 2002 her friend [[Janie Hampton]] published a biography, ''Joyce Grenfell''.<ref>Hampton (2002), title page</ref> [[Maureen Lipman]]<!---ADEQUATE CITATION LACKING performed the Grenfell sketch ''The Committee'' in the television series ''The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog'', which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by [[Channel 4]] in 1983 <ref>[https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/monologues-02.html] The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog production website</ref>. Subsequently she--> toured with the one-woman show ''Re: Joyce!'', which she co-wrote with [[James Roose-Evans]].<ref>Larkin, p. 179</ref> In it she recreates some of Grenfell's best-known sketches. Lipman also presented the radio programme ''[[Choice Grenfell]]'', compiled from Grenfell's writings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Choice Grenfell Series 2 |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/npqkt/choice-grenfell–series-2–episode-1 |work=Radio Times |publisher=BBC |access-date=31 May 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Roose-Evans also edited ''Darling Ma'', a 1997 collection of Grenfell's letters to her mother.<ref>WorldCat {{oclc|50666468}}</ref>