Editing Rosalind Russell (section)

==Death==
[[File:Betty Ford and Rosalind Russell (1976-05-11)(1).jpg|thumb|left|Six months before her death, Russell meets with First Lady [[Betty Ford]] (herself a breast cancer survivor) at the [[White House]] on May 11, 1976]]
[[File:Rosalind Russell Grave.JPG|thumb|150px|Grave of Rosalind Russell at Holy Cross Cemetery]]

Russell died of breast cancer on November 28, 1976.<ref name=sarvady /> She was survived by her husband and her son. She is buried in [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City|Holy Cross Cemetery]] in Culver City, California.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dick|first=Bernard F. |title=Forever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell|year=2006|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=1-57806-890-8|page=256}}</ref>

Russell has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in the 1700 block of Vine Street.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/rosalind-russell/|title=Rosalind Russell|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

Her autobiography ''Life Is a Banquet,'' written with [[Chris Chase]], was published a year after her death. The foreword (written by her husband) states that Russell had a mental breakdown in 1943. She did not act in films in 1944. Details are scant, but the book indicates that health problems and the deaths of a sister and a brother were major factors leading to her breakdown.<ref>{{cite book |title=Life Is a Banquet
|url=https://archive.org/details/lifeisbanquet00russ
|url-access=registration
|last=Russell |first=Rosalind |author2=Chase, Chris |year=1977 |publisher=Random House |location=New York |isbn=978-0-394-42134-6 |oclc=3017310 }}</ref> Russell had rheumatoid arthritis, and an arthritis research center at the [[University of California, San Francisco]] bears her name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rheumatology.ucsf.edu/russellengleman-research-center|title=Russell/Engleman Research Center|website=[[UCSF]]}}</ref>

In 2009, the documentary film ''Life Is a Banquet: The Life of Rosalind Russell'', narrated by [[Kathleen Turner]], was shown at film festivals across the U.S. and on some PBS stations.
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