 The remainder of the money helped Webster permanently relocate to London after her own cancer diagnosis 2 years after Brundred’s death.The final play she directed was George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs Warren's Profession", where she directed the actress and singer Mary Ellis in 1970.Webster died from colon cancer at St Christopher's Hospice, 51 Lawrie Park Road, Sydenham, England in 1972, aged 67.