Editing Thora Hird (section)

== Death ==
Hird died on 15 March 2003 aged 91, following a stroke.<ref name=":3"/> A memorial service was held on 15 September 2003 at [[Westminster Abbey]] attended by more than 2,000 people, including [[Alan Bennett]], [[Sir David Frost]], [[Melvyn Bragg]] and [[Victoria Wood]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3110150.stm | title=Stars celebrate Dame Thora's life | date=15 September 2003 | access-date=29 March 2015 | work=BBC News}}</ref>

In July 2019, a commemorative blue plaque to Thora Hird was installed by The Theatre and Film Guild of Great Britain and America, at the [[Bayswater]] home where she lived for over 50 years.<ref>[http://www.themusichallguild.com/news.php "Dame Thora Hird is Commemorated"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518152923/http://www.themusichallguild.com/news.php |date=18 May 2019 }}, the Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America, accessed 7 July 2019</ref>