Editing Del Shannon (section)

==Death and legacy==
In January 1990, Shannon was pushing himself to finish a new album and schedule upcoming concerts, resulting in troublesome stress. On the advice of his doctor, on January 24, Shannon began taking [[Prozac]], an antidepressant. Fifteen days later, he died by suicide, shooting himself with a [[.22 caliber]] rifle at his home in [[Santa Clarita, California]], on February 8, 1990.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=1075}}</ref> "He was very much in charge of his business, but within days after he started taking Prozac I noticed a personality change in him. He developed severe insomnia, extreme fatigue, chills, racing heart, dry mouth, and upset stomach," testified LeAnne Westover, Shannon's widow. "Suicide was totally out of character for my husband. There was no note and no goodbye."<ref>LeAnne Westover, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiF4Pd6rat8&ab_channel=INTERNATIONALCOALITIONFORDRUGAWARENESS testimony before the Food and Drug Administration], Sept. 1991.</ref>

Following his death, the Wilburys honored him by recording a version of "Runaway".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bak |first=Richard |date=2011-06-30 |title=Del Shannon's 'Runaway' Success Led to His Downfall |url=https://www.hourdetroit.com/community/del-shannons-runaway-success-led-to-his-downfall/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=Hour Detroit Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>  Jeff Lynne also co-produced Shannon's posthumous album, ''Rock On'', released by [[Silvertone Records (1980)|Silvertone Records]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elofanclub.es/lynneprod.html |title=Jeff Lynne Produces Final Album by Del Shannon |publisher=Jeff Lynne website |access-date=April 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403014920/http://www.elofanclub.es/lynneprod.html |archive-date=April 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Shannon was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1999<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/del-shannon |title=Del Shannon: Inducted in 1999 |publisher=The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. |access-date=June 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> and into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MRRL Hall of fame – Del Shannon |url=https://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/73-del-shannon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905214626/https://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/73-del-shannon |archive-date=2019-09-05 |website=Michigan Rock and Roll Legends}}</ref>

A Del Shannon Memorial Scholarship Fund was set up following Shannon's death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2009/11/coopersville_historical_museum.html|title=Coopersville Historical Museum, Del Shannon Memorial Scholarship Fund get $5,000 donations|last=Cammel|first=Ron|date=November 26, 2009|website=Mlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref> [[Coopersville, Michigan]], holds an annual Del Shannon Car Show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/2010/08/coopersvilles_annual_del_shann.html|title=Coopersville's annual Del Shannon festival and car show, Kent County Youth Fair kick off Monday|date=August 8, 2010|website=Mlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coopersvilleandmarne.org/summerfestwristbandrides.php|title=Coopersville & Marne Railway – Del Shannon Memorial Car Show Shuttle Service|website=Coopersvilleandmarne.org|access-date=June 20, 2019|archive-date=June 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620141026/https://www.coopersvilleandmarne.org/summerfestwristbandrides.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://visitgrandhaven.com/events/annual-events/del-shannon-days/|title=Del Shannon Days & Car Show|website=Grandhaven.com|language=en-US|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>