Death
Barbara Orbison was hospitalized from May 2011 until her death on December 6th, 2011, aged 61, from pancreatic cancer, 23 years to the day after her husband's death. She was buried next to her husband at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. This was followed by a celebration of her life in Nashville, Tennessee. She was survived by her sons Roy Kelton Orbison (born 1970) and Alexander Orbison (born 1974).
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