Death
Ross died of a heart attack on August 13, 1982. He was stricken while performing in the clubhouse of his apartment building in Van Nuys, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He was buried in Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery. In his autobiography, Jay Leno writes on delivering the eulogy for Ross.
Ross' gravestone is inscribed with the double entendre "This man had a ball!"
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