Death
He died on March 11, 1970, in Temecula, California. His ashes were scattered over the Baja California Peninsula.
Gardner's ranch was known as Rancho del Paisano at the time. It was variously described as being 700 acres (2.8 km2), 1,000 acres (4.0 km2), or 3,000 acres (12 km2) and was sold after his death to a Newport Beach couple. In 2001, the ranch was resold to the Pechanga Band of Indians, renamed as Great Oak Ranch and eventually joined to the Pechanga reservation.
In 2003, Temecula Valley Unified School District named a newly opened middle school after Gardner.
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