Editing Tapio Rautavaara (section)

==Death and tributes==
[[File:Tapio Rautavaara.jpg|thumb|Gravestone of Tapio Rautavaara at the [[Malmi Cemetery]], Finland]]

On 25 September 1979 Tapio Rautavaara had been at the [[Tikkurila]] Swimming Center in [[Vantaa]] taking photographs for the book ''Kultaa, kunniaa, kyyneleitä'' ([[Finnish language|Finnish]] for "Gold, glory, tears") along with photographer [[Pentti Pekkala]]. After he had gone to the [[sauna]], Rautavaara slipped and hit his head on the floor. He was taken to a nearby health center, where his injuries were not taken seriously, as staff believed him to be drunk. His head was bandaged and he was sent home. His wife and daughters laid him on a mattress on the floor of his office room at his home in [[Oulunkylä]] to sleep. The next night, he died as a result of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]]. His wife told their daughter that he had gone. When the daughter asked where to, her mother replied "No, he's dead."<ref>Hopi, Anna: ''[https://www.iltalehti.fi/musiikki/a/c2d42b17-8a2e-4719-83b3-94959714d831 Iskelmälegenda Tapio Rautavaaran tytär muistelee isänsä traagista kuolemaa: "Laitoimme hänet nukkumaan työhuoneen lattialle"]'', [[Iltalehti]] 20 June 2020. Accessed on 20 June 2020.</ref>

Rautavaara was buried in the [[Malmi Cemetery]] in [[Malmi, Helsinki]].<ref name=sr/>

===Memorial===
A memorial by [[Veikko Myller]] entitled ''Kulkurin uni'' ("A Vagabond's Dream") to the memory of Rautavaara is located in the market square in central [[Oulunkylä]], the district of Helsinki, where Rautavaara lived most of his life.<ref name=sr/>

===TV documentary and film===
[[Peter von Bagh]] created a TV documentary on Rautavaara entitled ''Tapsa'' at the time of Rautavaara's death in 1979. [[Timo Koivusalo]] used Rautavaara's and Helismaa's tours as the basis for his film ''[[Kulkuri ja joutsen]]'' in 1999.

===Play===
In spring 2007 the Nokia Workers' theatre presented a play entitled ''Sininen uni'' (The Blue Dream), which was based on his life.