Editing Allan Sherman (section)

==Health problems and death==
In his final years, Sherman's alcoholism and weight gain caused severe deterioration of his health; he later developed [[diabetes]] and struggled with [[lung disease]].<ref name=cohen>{{cite web |url=http://jangle04.home.mindspring.com/sherman3.html |title=Allan Sherman: Hail to Thee, Fat Person - by David Holzel - page 3 |publisher=Jangle04.home.mindspring.com |access-date=November 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224013343/http://jangle04.home.mindspring.com/sherman3.html |archive-date=February 24, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1966, his wife Dee filed for divorce<ref name=offing>(Editor's note.) "My favorite jokes," ''Parade'' magazine, August 21, 1966, page number illegible: '' "Unfortunately his domestic life of late has been none too good, and a divorce is in the offing." '' Retrieved April 14, 2016, via NewspaperArchive.com.</ref> and received full custody of their son and daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schinder |first=Scott |date=2021-04-14 |title=ALLAN SHERMAN: WEIRD AL'S FOUNDING 'FADDAH' |url=https://pleasekillme.com/allan-sherman/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=PleaseKillMe |language=en-US}}</ref>

Sherman lived on unemployment benefits for a time and moved into the [[Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital]] for a short time to lose weight.<ref name=cohen/> He died while entertaining his friends during the night of November 20, 1973, at his home in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], ten days shy of his 49th birthday. According to sheriff's officers, Sherman, who had been undergoing treatment for [[emphysema]], [[asthma]], and [[obesity]], died of [[respiratory failure]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 22, 1973 |title=Allan Sherman, Lyricist, Dies; Noted for 'My Son' Parodies |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/11/22/archives/allan-sherman-lyricist-dies-noted-for-my-son-parodies-an-unlikely.html |access-date=February 21, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He is entombed in [[Culver City, California]]'s [[Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXh_CQAAQBAJ&q=allan+sherman+hillside+memorial&pg=PT64|title=Culver City Chronicles|author=Julie Lugo Cerra|date=April 2, 2013|publisher=Arcadia |isbn=9781614238768|quotation=Hillside Memorial Park}}</ref>