Editing Lemmy (section)

===Tributes===
[[File:Lemmy's Grave.jpg|thumb|Lemmy's grave at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]]]]

Tributes were paid by fellow rock stars such as [[Rob Halford]], [[Dave Grohl]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Ozzy Osbourne Remembers Lemmy: 'He Was My Hero' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ozzy-osbourne-remembers-lemmy-he-was-my-hero-20151229 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=7 January 2016 |date=29 December 2015}}</ref> [[Alice Cooper]], [[Metallica]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/metallica-alice-cooper-remember-one-of-a-kind-in-rock-lemmy-kilmister-20151229 |title=Metallica, Alice Cooper Pay Tribute to Lemmy Kilmister |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=29 December 2015 |access-date=29 December 2015}}</ref> [[Scott Ian]] of [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthrax's Scott Ian: Lemmy's Death 'Leaves A Giant Hole That Will Never Be Filled' |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/anthraxs-scott-ian-lemmys-death-leaves-a-giant-hole-that-will-never-be-filled/ |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=7 January 2016 |date=31 December 2015}}</ref> and [[Black Sabbath]] guitarist [[Tony Iommi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi: Lemmy Was 'The Epitome Of Rock And Roll' |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/black-sabbaths-tony-iommi-lemmy-was-the-epitome-of-rock-and-roll/ |website=Blabbermouth.net |access-date=7 January 2016 |date=30 December 2015}}</ref>

In 2005, the British magazine and website [[Classic Rock (magazine)|''Classic Rock'']] presented Lemmy with its first "Living Legend" award.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Manger |first1=Warren |last2=Watts |first2=Halina |date=30 December 2015 |title=Ace of Rock'n'roll; Motorhead Legend Lemmy Dies of Cancer |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-438685997.html |newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]] |location=London |access-date=25 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022034136/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-438685997.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2017 }}</ref> In a 2013 interview with the magazine, Lemmy said he had never expected to make it to 30, but he spoke very pointedly about the future, indicating neither he nor the band was obsessing about the end:

{{blockquote|Death is an inevitability, isn't it? You become more aware of that when you get to my age. I don't worry about it. I'm ready for it. When I go, I want to go doing what I do best. If I died tomorrow, I couldn't complain. It's been good.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bentley |first1=Tiffany |title=Lemmy of Motörhead talks health and death with Classic Rock magazine |url=http://www.metalinsider.net/hes-back/lemmy-of-motorhead-talks-health-and-death-with-classic-rock-magazine |website=Metal Insider |access-date=7 January 2016 |date=15 October 2013}}</ref>}}

In February 2016, the [[Hollywood Vampires (band)|Hollywood Vampires]] performed at the [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] ceremony as a tribute to Lemmy.<ref name="BBC News 16 February 2016">{{cite web |title=Grammys: Taylor Swift wins album of the year |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35584308 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=16 February 2016 |website=[[BBC News Online]] |access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref> On 11 June, [[Download Festival]] paid tribute to Lemmy by renaming the main stage the "Lemmy Stage", and in the slot where Motörhead were due to play, there was a video tribute to Lemmy in which they played his music and his peers talked about him.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Renshaw |first1=David |title=Download Festival renames main stage in memory of Lemmy |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/motorhead-6-1205034 |website=[[NME]] |date=8 February 2016 |publisher=TI Media |access-date=12 July 2018}}</ref> On 17 November, [[Metallica]] released a tribute song titled "Murder One", named after Lemmy's frequently used amp. The song, from their tenth studio album ''[[Hardwired... to Self-Destruct]]'', depicts Lemmy's rise to fame. On 18 January 2017, Lemmy was inducted into the Hall of Heavy Metal History for being the creator of [[thrash metal]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scorpions-metal-blade-records-nominated-to-hall-of-heavy-metal-history-w457434 |title=Scorpions Among Nominees for Hall of Heavy Metal History |first=Althea |last=Legaspi |date=22 December 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=9 July 2017}}</ref> In 2017, the extinct crocodile relative ''[[Lemmysuchus]]''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Michela M. |last2=Young |first2=Mark T. |last3=Steel |first3=Lorna |last4=Foffa |first4=Davide |last5=Smith |first5=Adam S. |last6=Hua |first6=Stephane |last7=Havlik |first7=Philipe |last8=Howlett |first8=Eliza A. |last9=Dyke |first9=Gareth |title=Re-description of 'Steneosaurus' obtusidens Andrews, 1909, an unusual macrophagous teleosaurid crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of England |journal=[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]] |volume=182 |issue=2 |pages=385–418 |date=2017 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx035|url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:33af66b8-1605-4609-bf91-0872cf893b07 }}</ref> was named after Lemmy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/08/nastiest-sea-creature-ever-inhabit-earth-named-lemmy-motorhead/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/08/nastiest-sea-creature-ever-inhabit-earth-named-lemmy-motorhead/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title='Nastiest sea creature to ever inhabit Earth' named after Lemmy from Motorhead |last=Knapton |first=Sarah |date=9 August 2017 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=22 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 14 November 2016, asteroid 243002 was officially named 243002 Lemmy,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Lemmy |title=243002 Lemmy (2006 TG119) |date=20 November 2016 |website=JPL Small-Body Database Browser |access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref> complementing asteroid 250840 Motorhead, named after the band in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Motorhead |title=250840 Motorhead (2005 UT158) |date=21 March 2014 |website=JPL Small-Body Database Browser |access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref>

In 2018, [[Hawkwind]] recorded a new acoustic version of Lemmy's "The Watcher" (originally recorded on ''Doremi Fasil Latido'', 1972) on the studio album ''[[Road to Utopia (album)|Road to Utopia]]'' with production, arrangement and additional orchestrations by [[Mike Batt]] and a guest appearance from [[Eric Clapton]].<ref name="RoadToUtopiaCD">{{cite web |url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/hawkwind-road-to-utopia/ |title=Hawkwind: Road To Utopia |website=[[Cherry Red Records]] |access-date=11 July 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Statue of Lemmy, Market Place, Burslem.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of Lemmy in Market Place, Burslem. Unveiled 9 May 2025]]

On 9 May 2025, a statue of Lemmy by local sculptor [[Andy Edwards (sculptor)|Andy Edwards]] was unveiled on Market Place in Burslem, in the presence of Motörhead guitarist [[Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell]]. The statue portrays him with his Rickenbacker 4001 bass, with his head tilted up towards a microphone.<ref name="Andrews">{{cite news |last1=Andrews |first1=Rob |title=Recap: Lemmy statue unveiled in Burslem as huge crowds gathered |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/whats-on/live-updates-lemmy-statue-being-10168039 |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=Stoke on Trent Live |date=9 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> The statue will contain a small portion of Lemmy's ashes in the plinth.<ref name="Andrews" />