Editing Patrick Troughton (section)

==Death==
On 27 March 1987, two days after his 67th birthday, Troughton was a guest at the [[Magnum Opus Con]] II [[science fiction convention]] in [[Columbus, Georgia]], United States.<ref name="nyt-obit">{{cite news |url=http://nyti.ms/2cf1tl5 |title=Patrick George Troughton, 'Doctor Who' on British TV |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 March 1987 |page=111 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Although he had been warned by his doctors before leaving the United Kingdom not to exert himself because of his heart condition, he appeared to be in good spirits and participated vigorously in the day's panels,<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YV_93T3hLk |title=Patrick Troughton 1987 |date=27 March 2013 |publisher=DoctorWhoConventions |access-date=22 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609205121/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HK-iMVApnQ&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=9 June 2013 |url-status=dead |via=[[YouTube]] |work=}}</ref>{{User-generated inline|date=March 2025|certain=yes}} and was looking forward to a belated birthday celebration which was planned for that evening, as well as screenings of all of his surviving complete ''Doctor Who'' stories, including ''[[The Dominators]]'', which he was particularly eager to see again. Troughton suffered a third and final [[heart attack]] at 7:25&nbsp;am on 28 March, just after ordering breakfast from the hotel. According to the paramedics who attended the scene, he died instantly.<ref>FidoNET Newsletter, Volume 4, # 15, March 1987</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Patrick Troughton, 67, played 'Doctor Who' on British TV Series: Obituaries|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampabay/access/49961748.html?dids=49961748:49961748&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+31%252C+1987&author=&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Patrick+Troughton%252C+67%252C+played+%2560Doctor+Who%2527+on+British+TV+Series%253A+Obituaries&pqatl=google|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date=31 March 1987|access-date=22 July 2015}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Troughton was certified dead at the Medical Center (now Piedmont Columbus Regional) in [[Columbus, Georgia]]. After a local cremation, his ashes were flown back to England. During the passage to England, the ashes were mislaid temporarily. This delayed his funeral by a few weeks. His widow, Shelagh, later scattered them beneath a newly planted tree in [[Bushy Park]], a favourite place of Troughton's near to his family home in [[Teddington]].<ref>Troughton, Michael. ''Patrick Troughton, by his son Michael Troughton''; revised edition, 2016.</ref>