Rickles 2017. április 6-án halt meg a veseelégtelenségben, a kaliforniai Beverly Hillsben; 90 éves volt.<ref name="WaPo Dead">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/don-rickles-lightning-fast-launcher-of-comic-insults-dies-at-90/2017/04/06/d785d626-1af2-11e7-855e-4824bbb5d748_story.html?utm_term=.8071b34c6a48 |title=Don Rickles, lightning-fast launcher of comic insults, dies at 90 |last=Schudel |first=Matt |work=The Washington Post|date=April 6, 2017 |access-date=April 6, 2017}}</ref> Sírja, a Mount Sinai Memorial Park temetőben található.<ref>[http://www.tmz.com/2017/04/12/don-rickles-cause-of-death-certificate/ Don Rickles Death Certificate, Kidney Disease Proved Fatal]</ref>
