Editing Lew Ayres (section)

==Death and legacy==
In 1960, Lew Ayres was inducted into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] with two stars. His [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|motion pictures star]] is located at 6385 [[Hollywood Boulevard]] while his radio star is located at 1724 [[Vine Street]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.walkoffame.com/lew-ayres| title=Lew Ayres| website=Hollywood Walk of Fame| access-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/lew-ayres/| title=Lew Ayres| website=Los Angeles Times| access-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref>

Ayres died on December 30, 1996, two days after his 88th birthday.<ref name="articles">{{cite news| url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-12-31/news/1996366073_1_santos-inocentes-francisco-moreno-holy-innocents| title=Lew Ayres, the original Dr. Kildare who acted in films for...| newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]| date=December 31, 1996| access-date=October 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330010906/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-12-31-1996366073-story.html |archive-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name="articles2">{{cite news| url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-01-01/entertainment/25559934_1_ayres-soft-spoken-actor-first-major-film| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325224622/http://articles.philly.com/1997-01-01/entertainment/25559934_1_ayres-soft-spoken-actor-first-major-film| url-status=dead| archive-date=March 25, 2014| title=Lew Ayres Took Faith Seriously As Actor, Citizen| newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer| last=Rickey| first=Carrie| date=January 1, 1997| access-date=October 18, 2020| url-access=subscription}}</ref> His body was buried under a simple headstone at [[Westwood Memorial Park]] in [[Westwood, Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtBiAwAAQBAJ&q=lew+ayres+Westwood+Memorial&pg=PT104| title=The Archaeology of Hollywood: Traces of the Golden Age| first=Paul| last=Bahn| date=April 14, 2014| publisher=Rowman & Littlefield| via=Google Books| isbn=978-0759123793}}</ref>