Editing Doodles Weaver (section)

==Death==
On January 16, 1983, Weaver was discovered dead by his son Winston at his Burbank, California home.<ref name="Associated"/> He died of two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the chest. His death was ruled a suicide. Weaver's son later said that his father had been despondent over his failing health.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VYAkAAAAIBAJ&pg=7082,1563631&dq=doodles+weaver+suicide&hl=en|title='Doodles' Weaver death ruled suicide|date=January 19, 1983|work=The Modesto Bee|pages=A–12|access-date=December 30, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> His funeral service was held on January 22 at Forest Lawn Mortuary in the [[Hollywood Hills]]. He was buried in Avalon Cemetery on [[Santa Catalina Island, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LyRKAAAAIBAJ&pg=4918,5301118&dq=doodles+weaver+funeral&hl=en|title=Weaver Buried|date=January 24, 1983|work=The Press-Courier|page=3|access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref>

Weaver's memoir, ''Golden Spike'', remains unpublished.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/GoldenSpikeDoodlesWeaver/ |title=Please publish Golden Spike by Doodles Weaver |website=[[Facebook]] |date=2019-03-31 |access-date=2019-10-21}}</ref>