Editing George Cukor (section)

==Death and legacy==
Cukor died of a heart attack on January 24, 1983, and was interred in Grave D, Little Garden of Constancy, Garden of Memory (private), [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)]], California.<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 10585-10586). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref> Records in probate court indicated his net worth at the time of his death was $2,377,720.<ref>McGilligan, p. 343.</ref>

In 1983, the 1954 version of ''A Star Is Born'', considered by many to be his greatest picture, was restored to its original runtime of 181 minutes. The film was initially released at 181 minutes and received enormous critical and box office success. Finding that the length restricted the number of daily showings, the studio cut the movie to 154 minutes. Cukor believed this re-release "butchered" the gradual development of the Garland–Mason relationship.<ref>{{Cite book |last=George |first=Cukor |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/925249921 |title=George Cukor : Interviews |date=2001 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=1-57806-386-8 |pages=xiv |oclc=925249921}}</ref>

In 2013, The Film Society of [[Lincoln Center]] presented a comprehensive weeks-long retrospective of his work titled "The Discreet Charm of George Cukor".<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news|last=Farber|first=Stephen|title=Elegant Provocateur in a Puritanical Era|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/movies/the-discreet-charm-of-george-cukor-at-lincoln-center.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/movies/the-discreet-charm-of-george-cukor-at-lincoln-center.html |archive-date=2022-01-02 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=30 December 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 December 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2019, Cukor's film ''[[Gaslight (1944 film)|Gaslight]]'' was selected by the [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name="Chow">{{cite magazine |last=Chow |first=Andrew R. |date=December 11, 2019 |title=See the 25 New Additions to the National Film Registry, From Purple Rain to Clerks |url= https://time.com/5747503/national-film-registry-2019-additions/ |magazine=Time |location=New York, NY |access-date=December 11, 2019}}</ref>