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==Later years and death==
[[File:RodneyDangerfieldGravestoneJuly2007.jpg|thumb|right|Dangerfield's headstone at [[Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary]]]]
On November 22, 2001 (his 80th birthday), Dangerfield suffered a [[Transient ischemic attack|mild stroke]] while doing stand-up on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno|The Tonight Show]]''. While Dangerfield was performing, host [[Jay Leno]] noticed something was wrong with Dangerfield's movements and asked his producer to call the paramedics.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://people.com/health/jay-leno-on-high-cholesterol-risks/ | work=People (magazine) | title=Jay Leno Speaks Out About His Battle With High Cholesterol | date=March 12, 2019}}</ref> During Dangerfield's hospital stay, the staff were reportedly upset that he smoked [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] in his room.<ref name=Brownfield>{{cite news|title=Comic genius Dangerfield still cutting jokes to thwart boredom|first=Paul |last=Brownfield |agency=Los Angeles Times|work=Journal - Gazette|location=Ft. Wayne, Indiana|date=December 21, 2002|page=3.D}}</ref> Dangerfield returned to the ''Tonight Show'' a year later, performing on his 81st birthday.<ref name=Brownfield/>
On April 8, 2003, Dangerfield underwent [[brain surgery]] to improve blood flow in preparation for [[heart valve]]-replacement surgery on a later date.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/44934/dangerfield-undergoes-brain-surgery|title=Dangerfield Undergoes Brain Surgery|date=April 8, 2003|website=E! Online|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref> The heart surgery took place on August 24, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/rodney-dangerfield-to-have-heart-surgery|title=Rodney Dangerfield to Have Heart Surgery|date=March 25, 2015|website=Associated Press|access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref> Upon entering the [[Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center|University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center]], he uttered another characteristic one-liner when asked how long he would be hospitalized: "If all goes well, about a week. If not, about an hour and a half."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=07SShhi-hHcC&pg=PT501|title= Funniest Thing You Never Said 2|editor=Rosemarie Jarski|publisher=Ebury Press|year=2010|page=501|isbn= 978-0091924515}}</ref>
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* {{Official website|http://rodney.com/}}
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* [http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-interview-with-stanley-dean-part-one.html Interview about how Jack Roy became Rodney Dangerfield]
* [http://www.oldkewgardens.com/ss-lefferts-1005.html Article about Dangerfield] from a Kew Gardens website
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