Editing Ruth Gordon (section)

==Death and legacy==
On August 28, 1985, Gordon died at her summer home in [[Edgartown, Massachusetts]], following a [[stroke]] at age 88.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/29/arts/ruth-gordon-the-actress-dies-at-88.html|title=Ruth Gordon, The Actress, Dies at 88 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=29 August 1985 |access-date=2017-01-09|last1=Freedman |first1=Samuel G.}}</ref> Her husband for 43 years, [[Garson Kanin]], was at her side and said that even her last day of life was typically full, with walks, talks, errands, and a morning of work on a new play. She had made her last public appearance two weeks before at a benefit showing of the film ''Harold and Maude'', and had recently finished acting in four films.

In August 1979, a small movie theater in [[Westboro, Massachusetts]], was named the Ruth Gordon Flick. She attended the opening ceremony, standing on a bench in the lobby so she could be seen. The theater no longer exists.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/27/archives/ruth-gordon-now-a-theater-and-glad-of-it-no-age-limit-on.html|title=Ruth Gordon Nowa Theater and Glad of It |first=Eleanor |last=Blau |newspaper=The New York Times |date=Aug 27, 1979|access-date=Nov 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/11805 |title=Flick 1 & 2 in Westborough, MA |website=Cinema Treasures |access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> In November 1984, the outdoor amphitheater in Merrymount Park<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discoverquincy.com/listing/merrymount-park|title=Merrymount Park {{!}} Discover Quincy|website=www.discoverquincy.com|access-date=2020-02-02|archive-date=2020-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202154210/https://www.discoverquincy.com/listing/merrymount-park|url-status=dead}}</ref> in Quincy, Massachusetts, was named Ruth Gordon Amphitheater<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discoverquincy.com/listing/ruth-gordon-amphitheater|title=Ruth Gordon Amphitheater {{!}} Discover Quincy|website=www.discoverquincy.com|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> in her honor.<ref>[http://ci.quincy.ma.us/ParkWard5Page83.html ParkWard5<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102195944/http://ci.quincy.ma.us/ParkWard5Page83.html |date=November 2, 2007}}</ref>