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===Death=== Cook died from respiratory failure at her home in Manhattan on August 8, 2017, at age 89.<ref name="McFidden">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/theater/barbara-cook-dead.html |title=Barbara Cook, Broadway Star Who Became a Cabaret Mainstay, Dies at 89 |first=Robert D. |last=McFidden |date=August 8, 2017 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> The marquee lights of the Broadway theaters were dimmed for one minute in tribute to Cook on August 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Will-Dim-Lights-Tomorrow-in-Memory-of-Barbara-Cook-20170808|title=Broadway Will Dim Lights Tomorrow in Memory of Barbara Cook|date=August 8, 2017|publisher=Broadway World|access-date=August 9, 2017}}</ref> Cook's friend and fellow musical theater actress [[Elaine Paige]] paid tribute to Cook during her [[BBC Radio 2]] show ''[[Elaine Paige on Sunday]]'' on August 13.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0903650|title=Remembering Broadway legend Barbara Cook|date=August 13, 2017|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref>
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