Editing Nell Carter (section)

==Death==
On January 23, 2003, at the age of 54, Carter collapsed and died at her home in Beverly Hills.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/carter-hardy-nell-1948-2003/| title=Nell Hardy Carter (1948-2003)| website=BlackPast| first=Michelle| last=Dartis| date=March 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/23/nell.carter.obit/| title=Actress-singer Nell Carter dies| date=January 23, 2003| website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Her son Joshua discovered her body that night.<ref name=jweekly/><ref>{{cite news| last1=Holden| first1=Stephen| title=Sitcom star collapses at home, dies at 54 – ''Gimme a Break!'', ''Ain't Misbehavin'' – brought her fame| url=http://m.sfgate.com/news/article/Sitcom-star-collapses-at-home-dies-at-54-2638262.php| newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]| access-date=May 7, 2017| date=January 23, 2003}}</ref> Per a provision in Carter's will, no autopsy was performed. Using blood tests, X-rays and a cursory physical examination, the Los Angeles County coroner's office ruled that Carter's death was the likely result of "probable arteriosclerotic heart disease, with diabetes a contributing condition."<ref>{{cite news| last1=Boehm| first1=Mike| title=Ruling In Nell Carter's Death| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-05-et-quick5.1-story.html| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| access-date=May 7, 2017| date=March 5, 2003}}</ref>

Carter's partner Ann Kaser inherited her property and custody of her two sons.<ref name=jweekly/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Actress-Nell-Carter-Died-Naturally-10490461.php| title=Actress Nell Carter Died Naturally| date=May 5, 2003| newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]| access-date=July 5, 2023}}</ref><ref name=alabama/> Carter is interred at [[Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite book| last1=Wilson| first1=Scott| last2=Mank| first2=Gregory William| title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons| year=2016| publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-476-62599-7 |page=122| edition=3rd}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rwZ_BwAAQBAJ&q=Nell+carter+hillside+memorial+park&pg=PA218|title=Chronicles of Old Los Angeles: Exploring the Devilish History of the City of the Angels| first=James| last=Roman| date=March 1, 2015| publisher=Museyon| isbn=978-1-9408-4200-4| via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vTWSCgAAQBAJ&q=Nell+carter+hillside+memorial+park&pg=PA307| title=Hollywood Death and Scandal Sites: Seventeen Driving Tours with Directions and the Full Story| edition=2d| first=E. J.| last=Fleming| date=September 18, 2015| publisher=McFarland| isbn=978-1-4766-1850-0| via=Google Books}}</ref>