Editing Tor Johnson (section)

==Death and legacy==
Johnson died of [[heart failure]] in [[San Fernando, California]], at the age of 67 and<ref>{{cite book |title=Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling |url={{Google books|JyiSCgAAQBAJ|page=176|plainurl=yes}} |first=Harris M., III |last=Lentz |edition=2nd |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2003 |pages=176 |isbn=978-0786417544}}</ref> is buried at [[List of cemeteries in California#Los Angeles County|Eternal Valley Memorial Park]], in [[Santa Clarita, California]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Stephens |first=E.J. |date=5 April 2009 |title=Cinema history 'lives on' at Eternal Valley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/335078499 |newspaper=The Signal |publisher=Ian Lamont |location=[[Santa Clarita, California]] |volume=93 |issue=95 |department=B |pages=1, 4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Johnson was portrayed by wrestler [[George Steele|George "The Animal" Steele]] in [[Tim Burton]]'s film ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite news |last=Sonnenberg |first=Maria |editor-last=Stover |editor-first=Bob |title=The Animal pins problems to the mat |date=27 July 2014 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/113534012/ |newspaper=Florida Today |publisher=Jeff Kiel |location=Cocoa, Florida |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |volume=49 |issue=133 |page=5E}}</ref>

Johnson was featured extensively in the early work of cartoonist [[Drew Friedman (cartoonist)|Drew Friedman]], where Johnson was depicted as "Tor", a slow-witted, white-eyed lummox based on Johnson's persona in Ed Wood's films.<ref name="FriedmanFriedman2012">{{cite book|last1=Friedman|first1=Drew|last2=Friedman|first2=Josh Alan|title=Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xegiDAAAQBAJ&pg=PP4|date=30 April 2012|publisher=Fantagraphics Books|isbn=978-1-60699-521-1|pages=4, 21–36}}</ref> The first of the one-page comics, "Tor Johnson at Home", was published in a 1981 issue of [[Robert Crumb]]'s ''[[Weirdo (comics)|Weirdo]]'',<ref>Friedman, Drew. "Tor Johnson at Home," ''Weirdo'' #4 ([[Last Gasp (publisher)|Last Gasp]], Feb. 1982).</ref> and the original artwork was purchased by television writer and producer [[Eddie Gorodetsky]].<ref name="Friedman2007">{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Drew|title=The Fun Never Stops!: An Anthology of Comic Art 1991–2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ira2DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA17|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Fantagraphics Books|isbn=978-1-56097-840-4|page=17}}</ref>

A latex mask based on Johnson's face, sculpted by Pat Newman for [[Don Post]] Studios, is described as "the best-selling Halloween horror mask of the late 1960s-early 1970s".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/lw3638.htm |title = SCVHistory.com LW3638 {{!}} Film-Arts {{!}} Tor Johnson Latex Halloween Monster Mask, Don Post Studios 1977.}}</ref>