a month before his 56th birthday, he died in Encino, California, from leukemia and was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California. Legacy Burnette donated his original hat and shirt to the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1962. In 1971, he was inducted posthumously into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. For his contributions to the film industry, Burnette was inducted posthumously into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1986 with a motion pictures star located at 6125 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1998, he was inducted into the Western Music Association. On May 5, 2012, he was inducted into the Cowtown Society of Western Music Hall of Fame as a Hero. Burnette is mentioned in the Statler Brothers' 1973 country music hit "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?" (later the title of a 1994 Scott biography), which reached number 22 on the country chart. Selected filmography In Old Santa Fe (1934) as Lester Burnette (uncredited) The Marines Are Coming (1934) as Sailor Delivering Flowers to Bill (uncredited) Mystery Mountain (1934, Serial) as Lake Teamster [Ch. 6-7] (uncredited) Arizona Bad Man (1935) as Credits Singer (uncredited) The Phantom Empire (1935, Serial) as Oscar Lightning Triggers (1935) as Singer Over Opening Credits (uncredited) The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935, Serial) as Jensen Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935) as Smiley Harmony Lane (1935) as Singer (uncredited) Waterfront Lady (1935) as Musician Melody Trail (1935) as Frog Millhouse The Sagebrush Troubadour (1935) as Frog Millhouse The Singing Vagabond (1935) as Frog Millhouse Hitch Hike Lady (1935) as Singer (uncredited) The Cheyenne Tornado (1935) as Singer Over Credits (uncredited) Red River Valley (1936) as Frog Doughnuts and Society (1936) as Mover #2 Comin' Round the Mountain (1936) as Frog Millhouse The Singing Cowboy (1936) as Frog Millhouse Hearts in Bondage (1936) as Rammer (uncredited) Undersea Kingdom (1936) as Briny Deep The Border Patrolman (1936) as Chuck Owens Guns and Guitars (1936) as Frog Millhouse Oh, Susanna! (1936) as Frog Millhouse Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936) as Frog Millhouse The Big Show (1936) as Frog Millhouse The Old Corral (1936) as Frog Millhouse A Man Betrayed (1936) as Hillbilly Larceny on the Air (1937) as Jimmy Dick Tracy (1937, Serial) as Mike McGurk Round-Up Time in Texas (1937) as Frog Millhouse Git Along Little Dogies (1937) as Frog Millhouse Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm (1937) as Frog Milhouse Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937) as