barbirolli died at his london home of a heart attack, aged 70. he was cremated and his ashes interred in his parents' grave at kensal green cemetery, london, though subsequently transferred to the st mary's catholic cemetery next door. among planned engagements forestalled by his death were a production of "otello" at the royal opera house, which would have been his first appearance there for nearly 20 years, and opera recordings for emi, including puccini's "manon lescaut" and verdi's "falstaff".