with his music in a show called Stop, Look and Listen. Burrows had arthritis from age 38. In a 2008 interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Andrew Ford, celebrating his 80th birthday, he said that "arthritis is not the greatest for playing a musical instrument. But playing a musical instrument is very, very good for arthritis". In later years he had Alzheimer's disease and lived in a nursing home in northern Sydney. He died on 12 March 2020, aged 91. Awards and honours 1973: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1987: Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 1988: Life member of the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music 1989: Named one of the Australian Living Treasures 2000: Honorary Doctorate in Music, Sydney University 2001: Honorary Doctorate in Music, Edith Cowan University, Perth APRA Awards The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. |- | 2004 | Don Burrows | Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music | |} ARIA Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. It commenced in 1987. ! |- | 1988 | Nice 'n' Easy (with Adelaide Connection) | Best Jazz Album | | |- | 1991 | Don Burrows | ARIA Hall of Fame | | |- | 2006 | Non Stop Flight - Great Music of the Swing Era (with The Mell-O-Tones & Phillip Sametz) | Best Jazz Album | | |- | 2016 | In Good Company (with James Morrison) | Best Jazz Album | | |- |} Australian Jazz Bell Awards The Australian Jazz Bell Awards recognised the talent and achievements of Australian jazz artists locally and internationally |- | 2008 | Don Burrows | Australian Jazz Bell Hall of Fame | |} Bernard Heinze Memorial Award The Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to music in Australia. ! |- | 1999 || Don Burrows || Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award || || |- Mo Awards The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Don Burrows won one award in