Editing Warner Baxter (section)

== Death ==
Baxter suffered from arthritis for several years, as well as a chronic illness which caused eating difficulties and induced malnutrition.<ref>L A Times, April 21, 1951, pg. 1.</ref> In 1951, he underwent a lobotomy as a last resort to ease the chronic pain.<ref name="times">{{cite news|url=http://www.psychosurgery.org/news-opinion/archives-of-the-new-york-times/|title=Warner Baxter, 59, Film Star, Is Dead: Winner of 'Oscar' in 1929– Best Known for Cisco Kid and 'Crime Doctor' Portrayals|date=8 May 1951|work=The New York Times|access-date=2011-11-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213002635/http://www.psychosurgery.org/news-opinion/archives-of-the-new-york-times/|archive-date=13 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Warner Baxter, an Academy Award winning actor, sought out a lobotomy against doctors' advice |url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/25/warner-baxter/ |website=The Vintage News |date=25 December 2017}}</ref> On May 7, 1951, he died of pneumonia at age 62<ref name="clac">{{cite book|last1=Ellenberger|first1=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786450190|page=35|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA35|access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref> and was interred in [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Glendale, California in a private funeral service described as markedly reminiscent of the film capital's earlier days. Among his pallbearers were friends Ronald Colman and William Powell.<ref>L A Times, May 12, 1951 pg.2.</ref>  He left all his property to his wife.<ref>L A Times, June 14, 1951, pg. 2.</ref> 

Winifred married St. Louis architect Ferdinand Herman Menger at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 15, 1953. They would remain married until the end of her life.<ref>San Francisco Examiner, October 16, 1953, pg. 22.</ref><ref>http://www.ancestry.com Young Men's WW2 Draft Registration.</ref>