Death
Devine died of leukemia at the age of seventy-one in Orange, California. His funeral Mass was held at Holy Family Cathedral. The main street of his home town of Kingman was renamed "Andy Devine Avenue" in his honor. His career is highlighted in the Mojave Museum of History and Arts in Kingman, and there is a star in his honor in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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