Editing Ella Fitzgerald (section)

==Illness and death==
Fitzgerald had [[diabetes]] for several years of her later life, which led to numerous [[Complications of diabetes|complications]].<ref name="nyobit" /> She was hospitalized in 1985 briefly for respiratory problems,<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 13, 1985 |title=Ella Fitzgerald Hospitalized |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1899&dat=19850813&id=WpBGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1191,1537185 |access-date=February 22, 2014 |work=[[The Lewiston Journal]] |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]}}</ref> in 1986 for [[congestive heart failure]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 27, 1986 |title=Ella Fitzgerald Hospitalized |url=https://apnews.com/177d4dfbefdf9482fa2737af6ee5782f |access-date=February 22, 2014 |work=AP News Archive |agency=AP}}</ref> and in 1990 for exhaustion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 1990 |title=Ella Fitzgerald Hospitalized |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-10-mn-371-story.html |access-date=February 22, 2014 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In March 1990, she appeared at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, England, with the [[Count Basie Orchestra]] for the launch of [[Jazz FM (UK)|Jazz FM]], plus a gala dinner at the [[Grosvenor House Hotel]] at which she performed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=25 years of Jazz FM |url=http://www.jazzfm.com/on-air/25-years-of-jazz-fm/ |access-date=April 19, 2017 |website=Jazz FM}}</ref> In 1993, both her legs were [[Amputation|amputated]] below the knee due to the effects of diabetes,<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 13, 1994 |title=Ella Fitzgerald Had Both Legs Amputated |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1241&dat=19940413&id=sEIPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5717,5241962 |access-date=February 22, 2014 |work=[[Daily News (Kingsport)|Daily News]] |location=Kingsport, Tennessee |agency=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> a condition which also damaged her eyesight.<ref name="nyobit" />

Fitzgerald died in her home from a [[stroke]] on June 15, 1996, at the age of 79.<ref name="nyobit" /> A few hours after her death, the [[Playboy Jazz Festival]] was launched at the [[Hollywood Bowl]]. In tribute, the marquee read: "Ella We Will Miss You."<ref name="Latimesobit">{{Cite news |last=Weinstein |first=Henry |last2=Brazil |first2=Jeff |date=June 16, 1996 |title=Ella Fitzgerald, Jazz's First Lady of Song, Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-16-mn-15732-story.html |access-date=February 22, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |pages=1–3}}</ref> Her funeral was private,<ref name="Latimesobit" /> and she was buried at [[Inglewood Park Cemetery]] in Inglewood, California.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 15, 1996 |title=Notable Lives |url=https://www.inglewoodparkcemetery.com/notable-lives/ |access-date=March 19, 2024 |publisher=[[Inglewood Park Cemetery]] |location=Inglewood, California}}</ref>