Editing Stepin Fetchit (section)

==Death==
Perry suffered a stroke in 1976,<ref name="Lamparski" /> ending his acting career; he then moved into the [[Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital]].<ref name="Lamparski" /> He died on November 19, 1985, from [[pneumonia]] and heart failure, at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 20, 1985 |title=Comedian Stepin Fetchit, 83 |page=C–19 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref> He was buried at [[Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)|Calvary Cemetery]] in [[East Los Angeles, California|East Los Angeles]] following a Catholic [[Requiem|funeral Mass]].<ref name="The Los Angeles Times">{{cite news |date=November 21, 1985 |title=Mass to Be Said Friday for Actor Stepin Fetchit |page=A30 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-21-mn-1828-story.html |access-date=May 4, 2013}}</ref>