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Shortly after her Off-Broadway debut in New York City in a show called Swingtime Canteen, Maxene suffered another heart attack and died at Cape Cod Hospital on October 21, 1995, making Patty the only surviving Andrews Sister.

Not long before she died, Maxene told music historian William Ruhlmann, " I have nothing to regret.

We got on the carousel and we each got the ring and I was satisfied with that.

There's nothing I would do to change things if I could ... Yes, I would.

I wish I had the ability and the power to bridge the gap between my relationship with my sister, Patty.

" Upon hearing the news of her sister's death, Patty became very distraught.

As her husband Wally went to her, he fell on a flight of stairs and broke both wrists.

Patty did not attend her sister's memorial services in New York, nor in California.

Said Bob Hope of Maxene's passing, " She was more than part of The Andrews Sisters, much more than a singer.

She was a warm and wonderful lady who shared her talent and wisdom with others.