Death
In 1996, Paul Weston died of natural causes. Stafford continued to operate Corinthian Records. In 2006, she donated the couple's library to the University of Arizona. The collection includes music arrangements for themselves or other artists, as well as some personal and professional items such as photographs, business correspondence and recordings. Stafford was inducted into the Big Band Academy of America's Golden Bandstand in April 2007.
Stafford began suffering from congestive heart failure in October 2007, from which she died on July 16, 2008. She was interred with her husband Paul Weston at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.
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