Editing Danny Kaye (section)

==Legacy==
Kaye's body was cremated and his ashes were interred in the foundation of a bench in [[Kensico Cemetery]] in [[Valhalla, New York]].<ref>{{cite book| last=Wilson| first=Scott| title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=danny+kaye| edition=3d| page=394| isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7| publisher=McFarland| date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> His grave is adorned with a bench that contains [[frieze]]s of a baseball and bat, an aircraft, a piano, a flowerpot, musical notes, and a chef's [[toque]]. His name and birth and death dates are inscribed on the toque. The United Nations held a memorial tribute to him at its New York headquarters on the evening of October 21, 1987.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-23-ca-10800-story.html |title=UN and Friends Pay Tribute to Kaye |date=October 23, 1987 |author=Taylor, Clarke |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 19, 2011}}</ref><ref name = Lewis>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/22/arts/un-praises-danny-kaye-at-tribute.html |title=U.N. Praises Danny Kaye at Tribute |author=Lewis, Paul |date=October 22, 1987 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814021705/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/22/arts/un-praises-danny-kaye-at-tribute.html |archive-date=August 14, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse at [[Hunter College]] in New York was opened in 1988, with a $1 million gift from Sylvia Kaye.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Teltschr|first1=Kathleen|title=Danny Kaye's Widow Backs Theater|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/22/nyregion/danny-kaye-s-widow-backs-theater.html|access-date=February 25, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 22, 1987}}</ref>

David Koenig reflects, "His legacy has dimmed with the passage of time. His greatest works (...) endure today only as memories in the minds of aging members of his audiences (...) much of his TV work has not aged particularly well. Whimsy was of another time." However, Koenig sees Kaye's film work in a different light, "History has smiled on individual pictures&nbsp;— in particular the holiday staple of ''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]'' and ''[[The Court Jester]]''... the medieval romp has steadily gained a reputation as one of the greatest comedies of all time."<ref>{{cite book |last=Koenig|first=David |year=2012 |title=Danny Kaye King of Jesters |location=Irvine, California |publisher=Bonaventure Press |pages=281–282 |isbn=978-1-9378-7801-6}}</ref>

Comedian [[George Carlin]] idolized Kaye and wanted to be just like him, and although he eventually realized he wasn't as good an actor as Kaye was, he constantly referred to his sad realization of not being able to attain his boyhood dream of being like Kaye. But near the end of his life, he took more acting roles as he never really gave up on the dream.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-02-10 |title=Tributes ~ George Carlin on Danny Kaye {{!}} Make 'Em Laugh {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/makeemlaugh/video/all-interviews/tributes-george-carlin-on-danny-kaye/124/#:~:text=He%20did%20things%20I%20wanted,to%20be%20like%20Danny%20Kaye. |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Make 'Em Laugh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2007-10-04 |title=George Carlin still furious 50 years on |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/george-carlin-still-furious-50-years-on-1117973286/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=George Carlin with Tony Hendra |url=https://www.writersblocpresents.com/archives/carlin/carlin.htm |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.writersblocpresents.com}}</ref>