Stone retired when "Gunsmoke" went off the air in 1975, and died
five years later in San Diego. He was 75 years old.

For his contribution to the television industry, Milburn Stone has
a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1981. He was inducted
inducted posthumously into the Western Performers Hall of Fame
at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma
City. After his death, he left a legacy  for the performing arts in
Cecil County in northeastern Maryland, by way of the Milburn
Stone Theatre in North East, Maryland.

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