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==Legacy== Urich and his wife helped to raise money for the Eccles Performing Arts Centers at the [[Park City High School]] in [[Park City, Utah]]. After his death, the school established the Robert Urich Scholarship fund in his honor.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7kZBAAAAIBAJ&pg=2681,891314&dq=robert+urich+cancer+hospital&hl=en| title=Urich dies at age 55| date=April 18, 2002| work=Middlesboro Daily News| page=3| access-date=January 4, 2013| agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In addition, they established the Robert and Heather Urich Fund for Sarcoma Research at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. She also had cancer and was an [[ovarian cancer]] survivor. Heather continued to work for the center, until she died from brain cancer on December 24, 2017, surrounded by their three children.<ref>{{cite news| title='Sound of Music' cast members mourn the death of Heather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/12/25/heather-menzies-urich-who-played-von-trapp-sister-sound-music-dies-68/980655001/| last=Levin| first=Gary| date=December 25, 2017| newspaper=[[USA Today]]| access-date=July 14, 2020}}</ref> Urich's hometown of [[Toronto, Ohio]], named the Robert Urich Interchange in his honor. It connects the town to [[Ohio State Route 7]]. For his contribution to the television industry, Urich has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] located at 7083 Hollywood Blvd.<ref name="latimes" /> Until [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] was added, he was the only person with a name starting with the letter U on the walk.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame 2015 Honorees Revealed|url=https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/walk-of-fame-2015-honorees-revealed-1201223538/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 14, 2014|access-date=13 May 2018|last=Holman|first=Jordyn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Los Angeles Times Hollywood Star Walk|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/list/|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=8 January 2015}}</ref><ref>[[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame#U]]</ref>
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